The realities of the global #PlasticsTreaty negotiations & why we must not let lobbyists drown out scientists

#INC4 #plasticpollution

🔗nature.com/articles/d4158…

A small reminder to get your abstracts submitted for the Microplastics Workshop for Early Career Researchers! The deadline is less than a month away, and we're looking forward to seeing you there! Get more information at: microplasticsworkshop.com

Mangroves offer many important ecosystem services, including:

⛈ Protection against storms
☀ Carbon sequestration
🐠 Providing habitats for wildlife
💧 Water purification and filtration

Learn more about mangroves with this insightful infographic 👇

via dataMares

Join us for the IPCP - International Panel on Chemical Pollution webinar 'Setting the Stage for the Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals and Waste' on April 4 at 14:00-15:30 CEST! 🌍🧪

Register here: tinyurl.com/IPCP-webinar

#UN #UN EP #pollution #ecotoxicology

check out the #climate report by Food and Agriculture Organization explaining the impacts of #climate change on women, young population & rural poor 👉🏽 #UNDL : digitallibrary.un.org/record/4039849

It's that time....
📢Abstract submission is OPEN for the 5th edition of #MICRO2024

➡️ 25 multidisciplinary themes cover all fields of #plasticpollution #microplastic and #nanoplastic research

🔗 micro2024.sciencesconf.org

On behalf of MICRO 2024 Scientific Committee

The 2024 Working Scientist photo competition is open for entries 📸

Capture your science on camera for a chance to appear in Nature, check out the full info here 📷➡️ nature.com/articles/d4158…

#ScientistAtWork #WorkingScientist

Programme en ligne et encore qq places pour s'inscrire à l'Atelier #Littoral Data Terra Theia ODATIS, pôle de données et services pour l'océan à Lorient Agglo : Usages, applications des données d’observation qualité des eaux, impacts du changement climat, services aux #données ...
bit.ly/atelier_littor…

Et le podcast radio promis, c est la :
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#BeatPlasticPollution #oceanlitter #oceanographie #oceanography #marinedebris

New Species Alert! A new species of Ghost Shark, Chimaera supapae, known from the Andaman Sea off Thailand. Thanks Save Our Seas & SAIAB for your support! Elasmobranch Society IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group Ocean Census Moss Landing Marine Labs Andrew R. Lewin #BeyondJaws #LostShark Found #Searching4LostSharks

sad anniversary, and the file is not closed, almost ten years later.... theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Plastic Waste Trade: A New Colonialist Means of Pollution Transfer will be published in April.
This contributed volume describes the historical background of the international plastic waste trade.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

The new World Ocean Atlas 2023 is officially released
👉ncei.noaa.gov/products/world…
The NCEI’s Ocean Climate Laboratory (OCL) has released the full World Ocean Atlas 2023 (WOA23) Global Climatologies of Temperature, Salinity, Dissolved Oxygen, and Inorganic Nutrients.

Tackling sea-based sources of plastic pollution at the International Maritime Organisation

🌊 Read our latest blog on efforts to plastic pellets and fishing gear at loom.ly/fAnVDoI

#plastics #pollution #oceans #nurdles #ghostgear

Cloudy with a chance of microplastics? 🌫️ Researchers found microplastic fibers—from clothing, packaging, or tires in the clouds ☁️⚠️

✅ TAKE ACTION and push for a strong #PlasticsTreaty .

Sign the petition: bit.ly/PlasticsTreaty…

#BreakFreeFromPlastic #microplastics

Toutes les sources de pollution plastique provenant des bateaux expliquées en une image : filets de pêche, containers, peinture…