Local elections today in Portsmouth. Remember your photo ID. Good luck to all the candidate councillors.

They’ve all been a bit pointy-shouty this past few weeks so will turn back to normal discourse soon.

Loving James’s updates with Gentoo Sailing Team and excited to be doing some ‘sailing with science’ with the team. UoP Faculty of Science & Health UoP Marine Biology Centre for Blue Governance

I see #SETAC Seville hashtags are starting to appear.

Does pollution affect behaviour?

If you aren’t sure what to attend next Tuesday then come along to our double session on Behavioural Toxicology. It’s a really accessible topic which puts the ‘ECO’ in ecotoxicology. #SETAC

Rapidly rising levels of TFA forever chemicals thought to damage fertility & child development found in drinking water, blood & rain. “If you’re drinking water, you’re drinking TFA. China had a 17-fold increase in surface waters in a decade, US sixfold'
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Every few years, I search for this 2019 clip of Blair again. The bluntness of his ‚power is power!‘ doesn‘t only apply to geopolitics, but equally to energy policy & the delayed energy transition. Raw power. No longer a lack of technologies or knowledge.

There were not always conditions to take such a photo, and when there were conditions, I couldn't because I had other things to do. Finally succeeded. My long-awaited dream photo of Spinnaker tower in the fog during sunrise. #portsmouth #pompey #spınnakertower #fog

It was bound to happen: a major swimming race in the #Thames has just been cancelled

The threat of E.coli poisoning is so high the organisers have rightly put people before profit

Thames Water 💧 this is on you

Feargal Sharkey Steve Backshall Henley Mermaids Dave Wallace

Thurlestone Beach CSOs in slowmo

***1991***

“Last week ministers agreed to protect SSSIs and are producing a new amendment to that effect”

“Ministers are trying to slip last minute amendments into the water privatisation legislation which would exempt the new companies from prosecution….”

Thinking of attending #SETAC FortWorth and interested in #behaviour , #ecotox icology , and #regulation ? 🐟🧪🌍

Consider submitting an abstract to our session! The submission deadline is 🚨17:00 PT on 15 May 🚨!

jim lazorchak SETAC Aquatic Toxicity Testing Interest Group SETAC Wildlife Toxicology Interest Group #SETAC #pollution #ecotox

In rivers, coastal waters or seas, algal blooms form a 'shroud of death' - smothering shellfish & invertebrates, starving birds that eat them.

Caused by excess nitrogen or phosphate, data suggests in rural areas, agriculture is the main source of these, in towns, sewage.

#storybehindtheppaper we read a paper the 1970s claiming 100% intersexuality in amphipod populations in #Virginia . BES Aquatic Ecology (BESAG) kindly gave a skeptical me small grant to investigate. We turned up @ #Virginia tech unannounced for clues! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Water-based sports across the UK are uniting to call on the government to take urgent action to address pollution in rivers, lakes and coastal waters. bbc.com/sport/articles…

Is this coordinated price rises to unnerve the householder to fix early or real nervousness in the market ⁦Martin Lewis⁩ bbc.com/news/articles/…

Slightly better day sampling today for #PFAS contaminants although the storm water overflows had been discharging 💩 for 48 hours. 🤢

Video blog attached UoP Faculty of Science & Health Marine Conservation Society UoP Marine Biology University of Portsmouth News

Study finds PFAS from pesticides are present in many common foods. PFAS have been linked to cancers, thyroid, liver & kidney conditions, low fertility & birth defects, metabolic & blood sugar concerns.

chemtrust.org/news/panuk-pfa….

My Second Paper is out today!!!!!!!

Nitrogen isotopes in herbaria document historical nitrogen sewage pollution in the Mersey Estuary, England

Find the paper here:
doi.org/10.1039/D4VA00…

Prof Darren Gröcke World Museum 🌎 GeraldineR Environmental Science Journals of the RSC Durham Earth Science Surfers Against Sewage top-poop