URI Plastics: Land to Sea

A research network to communicate, collaborate, & accelerate ideas & strategies that inform society, public policy, & reduce land-to-sea plastic pollutants.

[URI Plastics: Land to Sea @URIPlastics]

As many in our community participate in & focus on the U.N. #PlasticsTreaty talks happening now, take a look at the #research & #policy work highlighted at the 2023 Global Plastics Forum held recently @universityofri: https://t.co/yEGKbNzR6E @URI_Research

[Scientific Reports @SciReports]

Using the Narragansett Bay (Rhode Island, USA) as a case area, @victoria_fulfer & @jp_walsh reveal that estuaries serve as significant filters for plastic pollution and this may have negative consequences for these ecosystems
https://t.co/fU4hoLRgk3

[URI @universityofri]

A new URI study found significant #microplastics pollution in #RhodeIsland's #NarragansettBay, with more than 1,000 tons of along the bay floor. Researchers say we have opportunities to "make actionable change for the bay and our entire coastal system." https://t.co/gbbkRexiZS

[Boston Globe Rhode Island @Globe_RI]

A first-of-its-kind @UniversityofRI study on microplastics in Narragansett Bay found “extensive” microplastic storage along the top 2 inches of the Narragansett Bay’s seafloor. The study was published in @SciReports earlier this summer. https://t.co/NWqVtDUEik

[Manuel Carmona Yebra @CarmonaYebra]

Worried about #plasticpollution ?
I know I am.
Particularly after findings by @URIPlastics in Rhode Island - they found microplastics in the human brain (pictured) & detected cognitive disfunctions in mice exposed to the same particles.
Check out: https://t.co/lXLzPQrV9M
@EU_ENV

[Dr. Koty Sharp @SharpKoty]

Check it out. I saw Dr. Ross speak about some of this work this spring, and it was by far one of the most captivating (Ahem, terrifying) presentations I’ve seen.

[URI Plastics: Land to Sea @URIPlastics]

Listen to Dr. Koty Sharp on one of our local coral species, Astrangia poculata! The @myrwu faculty member spoke at our Global Plastics Forum @universityofri in May about coral and plastic pollution: https://t.co/QvRg70oY0E #plastics #coral #Astrangia

[Roger Williams University @myrwu]

Listen to @myrwu’s Dr. Koty Sharp on @wnpr @wherewelive discussing how her studies of New England’s only coral are helping to inform us about resilience in tropical corals and impacts of climate change on our coastal ecosystems. https://t.co/Bt9KhLs5G4

[URI Plastics: Land to Sea @URIPlastics]

Hot off the press! @universityofri's Dr. Jaime Ross (@JaimeMRoss_PhD) & her team have published their latest findings on how microplastics might impact behavior in the brain via young and old mice: https://t.co/LAPONpp1by #plastics #neuroscience #research

[URI CELS @uricels]

Big Thinker and Marine Affairs professor Elizabeth Mendenhall researches where the law meets the ocean. As an ocean policy expert, Mendenhall is working internationally while also inspiring her students at URI 🌊

https://t.co/LiLSYBlYQx

#URI #MarineAffairs #OceanPolicy

[URI Plastics: Land to Sea @URIPlastics]

Good luck to one of our URI Plastics investigators, @echinonerd! #marine #research #urchins

[Coleen Suckling @echinonerd]

Excited to start our @SAREProgram Partnership trial with Casco Bay Mooring integrating Atlantic Sea Scallops with Green Sea Urchins in Maine USA! Let's hope we can expand both markets & reduce problematic biofouling! @USDA @USDAScience @UMaine @UMaineDMC @universityofri @uricels

[5 Gyres @5gyres]

"Research has shown that microplastics have a range of detrimental effects on the health of animals, including an increase in inflammation, oxidative stress and damage to cells."

https://t.co/tGJO8m2Pj1

[Metcalf Institute @MetcalfURI]

Curious about what it's like to report from the front lines of climate? Join Metcalf and LA Times's Sammy Roth for an inside look at the climate beat, virtual at 1pm ET on 6/29. Register here: https://t.co/oyGQUBgLn2

[URI Plastics: Land to Sea @URIPlastics]

Check out this amazing research from two of our investigators @victoria_fulfer & @jp_walsh, developed through one of our initiative's first projects! @URI_Research #microplastics #marine #sediments

[#BreakFreeFromPlastic @brkfreeplastic]

WATCH LIVE: U.S. Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works Hearing on "Impacts of Plastic Production and Disposal on Environmental Justice Communities"

Experts include #BreakFreeFromPlastic changemaker @SharonLavigne5 of @risestjames + leaders with @SierraClub & more! (🧵)

[URI Graduate School of Oceanography @URIGSO]

As a visiting scientist at the United Kingdom’s @NOCnews, @universityofri #URIGSO doctoral student @victoria_fulfer is playing a key role in #microplastics research by analyzing samples collected by two boats participating in @theoceanrace.

Here, with #URIGSO @URICRC @jp_walsh:

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Every minute, the equivalent of 1 garbage truck of plastics is dumped into the ocean.

To protect the ocean and preserve all life that depends on it, we must channel our collective efforts to #BeatPlasticPollution.

See what action you can take: https://t.co/9JzBopXETf

[Coleen Suckling @echinonerd]

Recruiting a PhD student for my lab! Come and work with sea urchins in Rhode Island with field work in Maine, USA!

[Manuel Carmona Yebra @CarmonaYebra]

Crucial global plastics agreement negotiations this week.

I will outline status and EU position on the global plastics agreement at the 2023 World Chemical Forum in Houston, Texas, 12 September.

Looking forward to this.

https://t.co/CoygplOnlu

@ChemMktAnlytics
@EUintheUS

[Center for International Environmental Law @ciel_tweets]

We're four days away from the start of #INC2 to advance a #PlasticsTreaty.

Take a look at some of the resources we've assembled ahead of negotiations.

A THREAD 🧵