We truly appreciate the recognition that our recent study on Cory's shearwater as a bioindicator for monitoring floating #plastic pollution in the North Atlantic has gained in the Portuguese and Spanish media!

Our coordinator Christopher K. Pham and the @OkeanosUac director attended the final meeting of the project “Azores EcoBlue” to present the results of material flow analysis (MFA) of commercial fishing gears in the Azores. Check➡️ecobluegroup.com/azores-ecoblue/ #circulareconomy #marinelitter

For the Spanish speakers, our group member Yasmina Rodríguez was interviewed 🎤📽️by RTVECanarias about our recent publication about Cory's shearwater being implemented as a bioindicator to monitor plastic contamination in the Canaries. Check the news here 👇

Yesterday, we did beach sampling for the Ocean Travelers project of the SmithsonianEnv. We collected 100 items in 15 min by 3 people! As usual for oceanic islands, most debris was from distant sources. Check more about this interesting research👇 serc.si.edu/participatory-…

Presenting at the IX International Symposium on Marine Science #ISMS24 in Spain our new unpublished research regarding the transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from plastics to Cory's shearwaters due to their ingestion of plastic litter. Azores Marine Litter Lab

Presenting some of my work reviewing #PlasticPollution in the #deepsea at the IX International Symposium on Marine Sciences #ISMS2024 in Valencia

Our researchers João Miguel Pereira and Yasmina Rodríguez attended the IX International Symposium on Marine Science #ISMS2024 in Spain this week, where they presented a chapter of their PhD work on the workshop about Marine Litter #BAMAR 🌊

A manta ray checking our manta net!!! 😃 Yesterday, on a field trip to the Princess Alice seamount to study floating microplastics, our manta net passed the performance test of one of the Mobula tarapacana in the area! 🌊🐟 #marinelitter #fieldwork

📢 NEW PAPER OUT!!! Our article "Anthropogenic particles determination in northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) from the Azores region: A keystone species for marine food webs" 🦐🦐🦐 has just been accepted in Journal of Hazardous Materials |Letters |Advances. Soon the proofs!!! 💪💪 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📢Alert publication!! 📢 Our new paper recording microplastic ingestion in the krill 🦐of the Azores is out! This work led by Cristina Villanova Solano from AChem Research Group was done in collaboration with our research group during her PhD exchange at @OkeanosUac. Check it here👇doi.org/10.1016/j.jhaz…

Yesterday our team member Yasmina Rodríguez presented in Coimbra at the seabird conference our recent work on how corys shearwaters can be key bioindicators on plastic pollution to support policies Check more here dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envi… and on her twitter

⚠️Check out our newest publication on how cold-water octocorals interact with microplastics! 🪸📸🔬 In the paper you will find detailed descriptions of those interaction! 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.…

Great collaborative work with researchers of Eawag

Yesterday, I shared some of my PhD research on plastic pollution in the deep sea at #MICRO2024 What a great week of sharing it has been!

🔊NEW PAPER!🔊 Check out our latest publication showing why adult breeding shearwaters are unsuitable as indicators for plastic contamination during nesting. Addressing knowledge gaps like plastic retention time is crucial for informed policies. ➡️doi.org/10.1016/j.mare…