🔊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. ➡️ https://t.co/c6NWFlm6tP

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!

Great collaborative work with researchers of @EawagResearch

⚠️Check out our newest publication on how cold-water octocorals interact with microplastics! 🪸📸🔬 In the paper you will find detailed descriptions of those interaction! 👇 https://t.co/7I5WPI3jU2

Yesterday our team member @YazzRodrgz 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 https://t.co/xHoGyHqJwf and on her twitter

📢Alert publication!! 📢 Our new paper recording microplastic ingestion in the krill 🦐of the Azores is out! This work led by @13Criis from @AchemGroup was done in collaboration with our research group during her PhD exchange at @OkeanosUac. Check it here👇 https://t.co/DsjKLF7KOY

📢 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 @HAZMAT_journal. Soon the proofs!!! 💪💪 https://t.co/BObXerlVu7

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

Our researchers @Joaomigpereira and @YazzRodrgz 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 🌊

Presenting at the IX International Symposium on Marine Science #ISMS24 in Spain our new unpublished research regarding the transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from plastics to Cory's shearwaters due to their ingestion of plastic litter.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

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

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👇 https://t.co/oVvxIwZPV5

For the Spanish speakers, our group member @YazzRodrgz 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 👇

Our coordinator @ChrisKPham 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➡️ https://t.co/eufk41TeHn #circulareconomy #marinelitter

Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) is a time-consuming technique yet essential to validate the results in microplastic studies. It identifies the chemical composition of any suspected microplastic, allowing the separation of microplastics from non-plastic particles.

Our group member @joaomigpereira has been busy working with his supervisor @CezzaLew at @ExeterMarine 🌊✍️🔬For several weeks, João has been identifying microplastic polymers of deep-sea sinking particles with the FTIR!

If you haven't read yet our recent work presented in that workshop 'Cory's shearwater as a key bioindicator for monitoring floating plastics' check the link 👇 https://t.co/WBPevWmQ80

The workshop took place in Peniche, in the CETEMARES building of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, and was attended by SeaBil project partners from Spain and France, as well as other guests from various universities and other organizations.

Our researcher @YazzRodrgz was invited by @spea_birdlife to present her research work at the II transnational workshop of the LIFE SeaBil project ( https://t.co/okUAKOBRmX), which addressed the issue of monitoring the impact of marine litter on seabirds. 📷L. de Vega @SEOBirdLife

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!