Ruth Willcox

Env Science, geoscience, data, sailing, ocean, wilderness, stuff! Tweets personal.

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

David Attenborough explains the tiny plants and animals that are vital for all sea life, health and the ocean food chain 🪱🪸🐬🐋

Watch the video series!

#OceanLife #Oceans #FoodSecurity

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

1) Following in Charles Darwin's wake, I still use nets to sample the plankton today. This thread is a series of 32 weekly, short videos narrated by #DavidAttenborough to introduce this remarkable world of microscopic life. RT to make this series a success.
@zeiss_micro

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Message from the US National Science Foundation in light of ocean observation infrastructure dismantling - please keep using our archive data!

#Science #CommunitySupport #Oceandata

https://t.co/pRNcU6hniE

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Growing Arctic shipping Black Carbon problem is outstripping regulatory capacity to deal with it and the consequences 🙁

Source: GCaptan
#warmearth #pollutioncontrol https://t.co/ioYhDXHJlS

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

UK Environmental Audit Committee Call for evidence. HM Treasury and the economics of climate and nature. Submissions invited here:
#nature #climate #resilience

https://t.co/bymtG5WRHc

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

The problem with old boats. Legacy pollution found in shellfish.
Tx to @peakaustria
#foodchain

[Thomas Reis @peakaustria]

Every oyster and mussel sample collected near Chichester Harbour came back contaminated with fibreglass.
Not some of them. Every one.
Researchers from the Universities of Brighton and Portsmouth found up to 11,220 fibreglass particles per kilogram in oysters and 2,740 per kilogram in mussels collected near an active boatyard in one of England's most popular sailing destinations.
The particles come from ageing fibreglass boats — glass reinforced plastic (GRP) — breaking down in the water during maintenance season and entering the marine food chain through filter feeders.
This is the first study to document this level of contamination in natural bivalve populations.
The problem is structural, not incidental.
Fibreglass has been the dominant material in recreational boat manufacturing since the 1960s.
Millions of vessels built during that era are now reaching the end of their usable life, and there is no coordinated system in Europe for tracking or managing them.
As Dr. Corina ciocan of Brighton put it: "There is no coordinated system in Europe for tracking or managing end-of-life fibreglass boats. That creates a serious regulatory gap." Via Artemisa Forbes

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Alaska mega-tsunami study report published. Raises alarm for Cruise Ships and Leisure Craft in glacier fjords. Source: GCaptain

#globalwarming #shipping #geomorphology https://t.co/cJqRdGkQMh

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

@SargaMonitoring Hi, I understand at least some sargassum mapping data is provided by sailors and mariners. Is there a way for people to sign up and contribute please?

[pv magazine @pvmagazine]

All European sodium-ion battery manufacturers at a glance: The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) will place sodium batteries at the center of its work on the EU’s industrial strategy and is… https://t.co/fG5X40oeCv #Photovoltaics #EnergyStorage #RenewableEnergy

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

EV and home energy battery storage shifts more firmly to sodium base.

Reaction in the UK likely to depend on our trade relationship with China , land use and sustainability perspectives.

#mining #sustainability #landuse #energy

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

China move to “mass production” of sodium batteries for both transport and large-scale energy storage as alternative to lithium.
https://t.co/h1qsGxBo0I

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Drum roll! Blue Whales and Blue Skies 2025 Vessel Speed Reduction Results and Rankings Announced!

Particular tx to Who Gives a Crap 🙏

#slowshipping #whales #airquality https://t.co/ApTomWh6SY

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Celebrating all Women and Girls in #Science and #STEM.

If you’re exploring Science as a career, remember you are valued and needed, and there are no limits to what you can achieve!

[Dr. Shawna Pandya @shawnapandya]

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Taking a moment to reflect how far we've come...and how far we have to go. 👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍🚀🚀✨️

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Why look again at Lichen? https://t.co/oAwujQJXSF

#CarbonCapture #SoilHealth

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

NEWS Seafarers from all over the world have shown that #microplastics are now at the bottom of our marine #food chain 😕

Check out the FreeRangeCrew on Instagram to find out how they helped: https://t.co/gYhS9E8weR

[Dr Richard Kirby @PlanktonPundit]

Exhibit A. It ends up at the base of the food chain.

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

@the_yanco @elonmusk The Earth that provides for all our stuff, will outlive all humans.

Most technocrats are long term strategic thinkers.

Grok: what a stupid decision.

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Calling UK field geomorphologists and glaciologists specialising in the Younger Dryas.

There’s a new open source map resource for students!

Is there anything missing?
Can you help complete the picture?

https://t.co/6euTLoNIzI

#geomorphology #glaciation #Dryas

W Highlands

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

@flintmancompany Stunningly beautiful David. Seems as if they were naturally created and born by the chalk downs. Lovely. Thanks for sharing 🙏🙂

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Wildlife crossings help prevent roadkill.

With nature in serious decline, how do we build them into all major infrastructure and highways projects?

Should they be the norm?

[Pew Environment @pewenvironment]

Animal-vehicle collisions “kill and injure wildlife as highways and roads cross some of the ancient migration routes that animals depend on,” say our Patrick Lane and Anna Wearn.

Wildlife crossings can reduce these accidents by 90%. https://t.co/ihKelaLX7f

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Russia continues to use decrepit, unsafe, sanctioned oil tankers to carry crude oil in vulnerable Russian Arctic seas.

No permit, unknown insurance, and well overdue for Inspection ☹️

Source: GCaptain https://t.co/QXPp3J7hzp

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

@DefraChiefScien Fungi are amazing! In soil they’re vital for soil function, ecosystem health and carbon capture.

Are there any plans to monitor fungi in soil? Our lives depend on them 🙂

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

@DefraChiefScien Funghi in soil are vital for soil function, soil ecosystem health and soil carbon capture and retention. Is anyone measuring and monitoring please?

[Ruth Willcox @Willcoxrm]

Tokyo and Paris MoUs launch joint Ballast Water Management campaign - multiple compliance checks to be carried out and results published https://t.co/6FInVWW8oA