#Microplastics

Our new @globalchangebio paper shows how things align to enable research. In outline: a river bird, the dipper, ingests 00s of #microplastic fragments daily through their insect prey, also feeding

Seattle Aquarium

SeattleAquarium

Thank you to all of those who posted #MicropoemsOnMicroplastics for #EarthActionWeek! We’re so inspired by the 90+ haikus posted, raising awareness around of microplastics & their impact on #oceanhealth &

Dr Timo Rissanen

My views on polyester have shifted a lot over the years and perhaps sharing why helps. When I started my PhD in 2004 one of the first books I read

Dr Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay 👩🏻🎓⚗️💊🚽

“science should be devoid of politics and ideology “ is rearing its ugly head again on my French and English speaking TL. As we scientists are human, would you not

Been working at @iFixit > 2 years. Ever since, I dread Earth Day.Companies, celebrities, media going out of their way to say literally anything except "consume less." Causing less material

In these “no-nut” times,

babadookspinoza

We not only have to abolish capitalism, we have to do it in such a way that a global effort to reverse the effects of climate devastation can be coordinated

Bloomberg Opinion

This year, retailers have declared war on an unlikely enemy: glitter.The sparkly bits of plastic are being removed from gift bags, ornaments and other holiday baubles. But is a ban

💥Ultra🌹Violet ⭐Rae

Recycling plastic is actually super bad for the planet.Only a small % of plastic can actually be recycled.The rest ends up in landfills & our oceans. They degrade into microplastics

Jarred is "rooting for everybody black"

Folks who believe that our solution to decarbonizing our transportation sector has to rely exclusively or even primarily on EVs suffer from a lack of imagination. They also fail to

God forgive us for all the plastic we use. All the sacrifice the earth makes and gets harmed for so we can drink an iced coffee for ten minutes. I

Rhett McLaughlin

When I was growing up, I didn’t believe that humans could have a significant impact on our planet. On this 50th anniversary of #EarthDay , let’s look at what’s happened

Thanks @UK_CEH!I’ll be sharing some of my plans for my PhD - Plasticiser in the UK terrestrial environment: occurrence and bioaccumulation?#WallingfordECRTweets #microplastic #plasticiser #phthalates #plasticpollution #plastic #plasticadditives #soil

❌Harvey Staub 💪🇺🇸🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️

1)Blue surgical masks. These are made from a plastic called polypropylene. 2)”A study evaluated the possible effects of exposure to polypropylene “flock” on respiratory health.” Flock being

Gina Bates 𓃟 #Pigoneer

10 Ocean Plastic Pollution Facts1. At least 100 million marine animals die each year from plastic waste alone. 2. At least 100,000 marine animals die from getting entangled in plastic

Getting questions about @seaspiracy and the stat that 46% of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is fishing nets.I can confirm this is true - I am a co-author

Between research about microplastics in the environment, China ceasing plastic recycling, and revelations about Big Oil's decades of disinformation about the recyclability of plastic overall, I've been feeling a sense