05 April 2018 25 years of research from the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) has revealed changes in the composition of marine plastic litter, finding a decrease in the amount of plastic bags found on the UK’s seabed and suggesting that efforts may be able to tackle the marine litter challenge. Despite the…
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Referencia:TRNL20180219001 Abstract A Dutch start-up developed a state of the art technology to remove the plastic waste from the high seas. This year the company will launch a system to collect floating plastic debris from the Pacific Garbage Patch. The material that will be collected will be 50 % of High Density Polyethylene fish nets…
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Noticia publicada por: https://www.efeverde.com/noticias/microfibras-mar-mas-estimada/ La presencia en el mar de microfibras sintéticas, semisintéticas y de otro tipo puede ser hasta mil veces mayor que la prevista por los modelos utilizados hasta ahora para estudiar el gigantesco problema de contaminación que provocan los plásticos en todos los océanos. La ONG Adventure Scientist, el Colegio del Atlántico de Maine…
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The scientific research, using data collected by Race team ‘Turn the Tide on Plastic’, identified 75 particles of microplastics per cubic metre in waters near Hong Kong and 87 particles of microplastics per cubic metre along the coast near Melbourne. Lower concentrations of 39 microplastic particles per cubic meter were found up the east coast…
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Described in Nature Scientific Reports, ‘The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ is a major ocean plastic accumulation formed in waters between California and Hawaii. Data from multi-vessel surveys predicted at least 79 thousand tonnes are floating inside an area of 1.6 million km2; a figure much higher than previously reported. Read more at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-w
The department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry (MMB; principal investigator dr. Helge Niemann) is looking for a highly motivated Postdoc with a strong background in analysing microbial diversity and functioning (e.g. DNA/RNA-seq, FISH), ideally in combination with stable isotope probing. Your research will be part of the ERC Project VORTEX. LOCATION: …
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