📢The 2023 Wageningen Soil Conference Call for Abstracts is now open! We invite #soil scientists from around the world to submit. Full details: wageningensoilconference.eu/2023/call-for-… #soilscience

Agricultural #plastic covers can be hard to detect because of their seasonal use. Join #EGU23 session SSS7.4 to discover how we are combining optical and SAR #satellite data in #Google #EarthEngine to detect plastic covered crops in Germany Universität Augsburg @ELI_UCLouvain DLR - English

#Fluorescence #microscopy has progressed as a fast, low cost, relatively simple-to-use approach for identifying and quantifying #microplastics. ESR Quynh Nhu Phan Le is working to validate this method for a range of #soils and different microplastic types. Lancaster Environment Centre

A great start to our #SOPLAS training week hosted by IAS-CSIC! Wonderful to see the progress our ESRs are making in their research! #microplastics #plastics #soil #agriculture #detection #ecotoxicology #erosion #degredation #EarthEngine #remotesensing #Economics #soilphysics

Thank you to our partner Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen for arranging for Esperanza Huerta and Mahrooz (MAQ) from the MINAGRIS: Impacts of plastic debris on soil health project for providing excellent workshops for our #PhD students. #research #microplastics #H2020 #soil

We have to talk about plastic pollution. The issue isn`t black and white I am glad to share this podcast about plastic pollution and how we are trying to harness microorganisms to tackle that. open.spotify.com/episode/13zdlJ…

#Soplas ESR Davi Munhoz shares his thoughts on #plastic #pollution and microorganism bioremediation on scientific dissemination podcast platform 'Decodificando la Ciencia' 🗣️🔊 Click here to listen: Decodificando la ciencia open.spotify.com/episode/13zdlJ…

We are happy to share the article we published in Tijdschrift Bodem that will reach non-academic people working with soil. For more, click on Bodem 2023-1 and check pages (8-11) bodembreedacademie.nl/edities-vakbla… Disclosing science is important and Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen knows that! #microplastics

Degradation of #plastic: Ana Carolina , Flora Wille , Davi Munhoz work to understand how #microplastics are formed in soil through mechanical, microbial and UV degradation. Their work sheds light on the origins of microplastics and perhaps even how we can remediate our #soils.

Plastic pollution is a multifaceted problem and we are working hard to tackle it on different fronts at Wageningen University & Research. wur.nl/en/research-re… #plasticpollution #plastics #plasticos #research #university Soplas

We had a great time during the Wageningen Soil Conference Conference, where we shared our knowledge on 1) #microplastic fate in soils and compost and 2) #microplastic identification methods. Thank you Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen and Wageningen U&R for the opportunity. Thank you Fanrong Meng for the nice pictures.

What a great week at Lancaster Environment Centre with Soplas colleagues to report our work progress and get trained on project management and science disclosure. It was great to see y'all #plastic #plasticdegradation #microplastics #soil #MSCA #H2020 #wecandoit WUR Environmental Soil Physics and Land Management Group Wageningen

Thrilled to represent Soplas with Giovana Prado and Elise Quigley at Microplastics Workshop (Microplastics Workshop) in Switzerland! 🇨🇭🏞️ Soplas continues devoted to tackling microplastics in agricultural soils #microplastics #MicroplasticsResearch #phdlife

I am happy to announce that our paper "Exploring the potential of earthworm gut bacteria for plastic degradation" has been published in Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) and is now accessible here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Attending #EGU24? Interested in learning more about #plasticpollution? Check out these sessions devoted to #microplastics! 🟤SSS 7.7 🔵HS 8.1.7 🔵HS 1.3.5 🔵HS 2.3.5 🔵ITS 3.24/HS 12.9 ⚪️AS 3.23 🔵OS 4.7 It’s going to be a fantastic week European Geosciences Union !

We were proud to present 3 projects at the European Geosciences Union (EGU)! 🌍 👉 #biodegradable #polyesters 🔎📑 lnkd.in/dd8RnXwV 👉 #leachates #seeds #microplastics 🔎📑 lnkd.in/d6A4PrJX 👉 #Composting #microplastics 🔎📑 lnkd.in/d2fmpWq7 Soplas

Effortless is a myth! Discipline is also a talent! Even top players are sometimes just above average! Play free, try everything, and have fun out there! Uow Roger Federer - what a life lesson!

I am happy to share our paper: "Macro- and microplastics leachates: Characterization and impact on seed germination". The research published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials (JHM) can be accessed here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our paper "Microplastic analysis in soils: A comparative assessment" is out of the oven. This article directly involved 8 renowned European institutions from 4 countries in the assessment of 7 different analytical methods to assess microplastics in soils. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

You wait ages for a bus, and then they all come together👍 Our paper "Plastic input and dynamics in industrial composting," published in the Waste Management journal, is now available. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…