AUSMAP : microplastic
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AUSMAP is a nation-wide citizen science initiative for surveying shorelines, to obtain data on microplastics and find effective mitigation strategies.
Australia wide
Joined August 2017
Microplastic pollution event on remote Australian Beaches! ❗️🌊 Even in remote places like Bettys Beach, WA, researchers have uncovered shocking amounts of nurdles, rope, bottle caps, and microplastics polluting our shores.
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Our first event of the year! 🔍 🌊 Thank you to everyone who joined our Randwick Council Community Day! A special thank you to the amazing Aunty Maxine Ryan for her Welcome to Country and for sharing her invaluable knowledge about the coastline.
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SYDNEY! Our first event for 2025! 🌊 Join AUSMAP Scientists and learn about microplastics at our Scientist for a Day workshop! 📅 Tuesday, 21st of January ⏰ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm 📍 Yarra Bay Sailing Club
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🎄🌍 Reduce Plastic Waste This Holiday Season! 🌍🎄 Swipe to see how YOU can help reduce plastic waste this Christmas! Consider this Earth this Holiday season!
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The AUSMAP team would like to say a huge thank you to all our supporters for an AMAZING 2024! ⭐️🌏 AUSMAP’s mission wouldn’t be possible without the amazing work of passionate volunteers, supporters, and collaborators. SWIPE for some of our favourite moments!
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AUSMAP, we’ve mobilised 1,600+ citizen scientists and sampled over 370 sites for microplastic across Australia. Over 40 of these sites have been recognised to have alarming levels of microplastic pollution 💡 Just $40 can make a difference 👉 Donate today
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Manly Cove: Swimming in Microplastics? 🔍 Our long-running microplastic survey at Manly Cove, Sydney Harbour, has uncovered a troubling reality: swimmers here are navigating a soup of plastic pollution.
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Join us for our last Manly Cove event for 2024! AUSMAP Eco Adventure Crew, Pittwater Eco Adventures, and Reshaping Waste will all be there to celebrate the @beachescouncil 31st Ocean Festival 🌊
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AUSMAP recently spent three inspiring days in Port Macquarie, training the local community in our citizen science method to tackle microplastic pollution Together, we’re creating a cleaner, plastic-free future Thanks to Port Macquarie Hastings Council and Hastings Enviro Rotary
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AUSMAP’s Research Director, Dr. Scott Wilson, recently presented at the 13th International Workshop on Advances in Cleaner Production As a key note speaker he delivered a talk titled "The Role of Citizen Science in the Management of Microplastic Pollution: An AUSMAP Perspective."
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🌏 Exciting News! AUSMAP has officially gone international with ANZ, launching our first-ever Green Ambassador program in Taiwan! This initiative marks a fantastic step in building environmental awareness and combating microplastic pollution globally.
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🌊 AUSMAP is hitting the road and heading to beautiful Port Macquarie! 🌞 Science in the Pub: Community Day:
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Volunteer Call-Out with AUSMAP! 🌊 Want to make a real impact on our oceans this summer? Join AUSMAP as a volunteer and help us tackle microplastic pollution! Register your interest at info@ausmp.org with your CV ! 💙🌍 #AUSMAP #VolunteerOpportunity #OceanProtection
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📍Kangaroo Island AUSMAP is hosting a FREE Plastics in the Pub seminar and Community Day on Kangaroo Island, thanks to the DEW Environmental Citizen Science - Small Grants 2023 🌊 ⭐️ Places filling fast! We hope to see you there!
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We're excited to announce the success of our first-ever AUSMAP Family Program, thanks to our amazing ANZ Green Ambassadors! 🔍 Due to its success, we're thrilled to be offering this program as a new corporate initiative. For more info email: info@ausmap.org
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🌊 What a weekend in Mt Martha! We hosted an AUSMAP Training Day and community day. Thanks to WAM Adventures & Beach Patrol Mt Martha for their support! 🏖️💙 Supported by the Victoria Governments Coastcare Community Grants 2024. #microplastics #AUSMAP
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Microplastic hotspots in South Australia are a growing threat! 🌊 AUSMAP’s Dr. Michelle Blewitt on @9NewsAdel highlights pollution in Westlakes & Barker Inlet. Let’s take action now to protect our waterways! 💧 Watch the full story & learn how you can help! #Microplastics #AUSMAP
Some of Adelaide's most popular waterways for fishing and recreation have turned into a sea of micro-plastic. The small debris which causes problems for marine life, leaving Adelaide with some of the worst pollution in Australia. @Dylanjohnsmith3 #9News
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Our first Mornington Peninsula Training Day! Join Dr Scott Wilson & Dr Michelle Blewitt from AUSMAP to become an accredited AUSMAP Ambassador! Training Day: Community Day:
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Brian Tracey presented at the 58th annual joint @AMSA and @NZMSS conference held in Hobart. Brian presented our latest research on the Microplastics & Associated Chemicals on South Australia’s Coast and Estuaries. #microplastic #Microplasticchemicals #AMSA #NZMSS
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Join us for AUSMAP's Youth Microplastic Hunt, a first of its kind event, to raise awareness and foster action against microplastic pollution! ⏰ 06/10 9-11AM 📍 Manly Cove Beach - meet on the grass near the Art Gallery/Museum
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