Beware plastic netting in lawn and wildflower turf - advice for anyone starting a new lawn area, shop around and insist on rolls that don't use plastic mesh in them, it is a total nightmare longterm! Also pollutes soil. Pls spread the word... jackwallington.com/beware-plastic…

🚨 New paper! Proof of concept for a new sensor to monitor marine litter from space🛰️👀 🌍An unprecedented view of the emissions and accumulation areas of marine litter by using satellites currently in orbit! -More info: marinelitterlab.eu -Paper: nature.com/articles/s4146…

📢 It's been 15 years already! 🌊 Mooring CC1000 with a sediment trap, a currentmeter, an ACDP and a microcat successfully recovered from the Cap de Creus canyon! TECHNICAP-RATTI F. Nortek Group IXSEA TeledyneMarine Sea-Bird Scientific

Des de 2014 monitoritzem microplàstics en diversos transsectes 4 km mar endins, des del Port de la Selva fins a Barcelona... Mostra del 19 de juny de 2024 davant de La Tordera 😞

Two years ago we detected faecal bacteria attached to plastics in coastal water from Barcelona area. Detection of faecal bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in biofil... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

🔍 Visor de dades de microplàstics flotant a l'Atlàntic i al Mediterrani actualitzat!! >100,000 #microplastics classificats per localitat, data, mida, forma, color, composició... #surfingforscience 🏄‍♀️🔬📊 🔗 litter.shinyapps.io/surfingforscie…

🚀 Exciting news! We've just uploaded brand new data to our #ShinyApp, including a comprehensive dataset on nearshore #microplastic pollution from the #surfingforscience project. Check it out 👉 litter.shinyapps.io/surfingforscie…

🖥️Join ACAT and CHE on September 18, for a webinar about artificial turf's contribution to global plastic pollution, other health & environmental impacts of artificial turf, and the implications for communities.  ➡️Register now! akaction.org/webinars/15868…

Tren amb destinació Reus que surt a les 18:30 de Barcelona. Ja fa més de 10 minuts que hauríem de ser a Reus i encara estem a Cunit. A sobre, estan fent que el tren faci totes les parades d’un rodalies des de Vilanova. El tren va a rebentar, no hi cap ni una agulla 😠🔥 Rodalies Catalunya

Toxicitat endocrina i cardiometabòlica dels filaments i el cautxú de la gespa artificial 🌿 ➡️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Microplastic pollution is an environmental and public health crisis, with little action being taken. A new Science Magazine review by Prof. Richard C Thompson OBE FRS and colleagues is outstanding science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Attending #Micro2024, a fascinating conference where we learn & share about plastics and, specially, microplastics. So much to discover about the different studies and their impact on our society and our world. #SurfingForScience #microplastics

This week I presented preliminary work at the #Micro2024 #plasticpollution conference in Lanzarote about a probabilistic Lagrangian numerical model we have developed at coastal scales, to assess the impact of floating marine litter on Barcelona's city beaches. #marinepollution

📢 Vols fer una tesi doctoral sobre microplàstics als oceans? Vols investigar en un marc de ciència oberta, ciència ciutadana, i gestió de dades (tenim >100.000 microplàstics caracteritzats!)? Es busca candidat per demanar una FI 2025. El termini acaba el 31/10! ✍ Escriu-me!!

The #surfingforscience 🌊🔬project winner of the #Society4Med Citizen Science award 🏆 Thanks BlueMissionMed for this recognition, it is really appreciated! ☺️

MERCADANA ¿Recordáis cuando Juan Roig, dueño de Mercadona, echó a un chico de una tienda en Valencia por echarle en cara que tenía a sus empleados trabajando en plena Dana? Sólo han pasado unos días. Pues estos son trabajadores suyos atrapados por la DANA de Málaga.⬇️ 1/6