PlasticEnvironment

Bringing together expertise at The University of Manchester tackling the global challenge of plastics in the natural environment 🐳

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

#microplastics are making it to the deep seafloor, carried by turbidity currents - but what controls where they ultimately end up? @UoM_EES researchers performed experiments in the Eurotank @UtrechtUni to find out!

[UoM_MERI @UoM_MERI]

Read the latest edition of the Plastic in the Natural Environment Newsletter with updates from @GreenMatLab @SedLogic @SMI_Hub @PlasticEnviron @BiotechDixon @SustainableUoM https://t.co/7WGmkq66Q9

[Nature Portfolio @NaturePortfolio]

Researchers have been worried about the potential harms of microplastics for almost 20 years. Now regulators are taking the first step towards quantifying the risk to people’s health — measuring exposure. https://t.co/9IqZ5qZpzk

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

'A geological perspective on the plastic problem' from @UoM_EES @OfficialUoM researcher @SedLogic

[Geoscience For The Future @GeoForTheFuture]

Did you know that Geoscientists play an important role in tracking how #microplastics move through Earth's natural systems? @MikeAClare @SedLogic @elda_miramontes explain in our new blog!

#Pollution #Geodetectives
@NOCnews @brit_seds @UniBremen @UoM_EES

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[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

In our latest newsletter https://t.co/ZkqlRIVGdg Undergraduate student Annie Dowse talks about her project on microplastic transport in the atmosphere, and @sedlogic talks about microplastics in the deep-sea.

[UoM_MERI @UoM_MERI]

@OfficialUoM is tackling issues around plastics from both ends; looking at how to develop sustainable plastics in the @SMI_Hub and dealing with the issues of plastics already in our natural environment @PlasticEnviron

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

4 positions in plastics at UoM: Research Associate in Circular Plastics; Research Associate in Business and Plastics; Research Fellows – Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub (2 posts). Links in newsletter: https://t.co/rcoIrID0af please RT!

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

In our latest newsletter Dr Aleks Tedstone talks about some of the methods and challenges of identifying microplastics: https://t.co/rcoIrID0af @UoM_MERI
@GreenMatLab
@UoM_EES
@GeographyUOM
@UoM_GeogLabs

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

Please join us in welcoming @azeyantiHashim! Yanti’s PhD is on the effects of microplastic ingestion by invertebrates in the marine benthos, combining biology and sedimentology, with Holly Shiels and @sedlogic, @FBMH_UoM
and @UoM_EES . Great things to come, welcome!

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

We can’t effectively clean the seafloor of plastics - stemming the flow is the only solution. 🐳🐬🐟🐠🐡🐙🦑🦐🦞🦀

[NYT Science @NYTScience]

The United States uses more plastic than any other country in the world. A new study suggests that reducing that consumption could go a long way toward cleaning up the oceans. https://t.co/ZwhGyJWLce

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

PhD researcher Jiawei Li studies microplastics in the River Tame, which has the highest recorded levels of microplastics of any river globally. Jiawei found up to 209114 particles in just 1 kg of floodplain sediment! @Jiawei_Li_uom @Jamie_Woodward_ @GeographyUOM

[Jiawei Li @JiaweiLi235]

The Green Summit Day1 for Microplastic in Manchester Rivers by @Jamie_Woodward_ updated by @UoM_MERI Green Summit 2020 | Day 1 https://t.co/RQUdyuMmtG via @YouTube Available now for someone is interested in.

[PlasticEnvironment @PlasticEnviron]

Hello! We'll be bringing you updates on research at @OfficialUoM across the breadth of 'Plastics in the Natural Environment'. See our first newsletter on plastic degradation and associated topics: https://t.co/U7tfHMcJFd @UoM_MERI @GreenMatLab @UoM_EES @GeographyUOM @UoM_GeogLabs