Month: September 2018

Microplastics can spread via flying insects, research shows

Photograph: Al-Jaibachi et al/Biology Letters: Fluorescent microplastics (bright green) are visible inside an adult mosquito. The particles can then spread to animals that eat the insects.  Microplastic can escape from polluted waters via flying insects, new research has revealed, contaminating new environments and threatening birds and other creatures that eat the insects. Scientists fed microplastics…
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CleanAtlantic will attend the European Week of Regions and Cities

The CleanAtlantic project has been invited to attend the European Week of Regions and Citities. The project will be presented in the exhibition “Made in Interreg: A Journey into Transnational Cooperation”.  The European Week of Regions and Cities is an annual four-day event during which cities and regions showcase their capacity to create growth and jobs,…
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Our 2nd newsletter is already available!

Check out our 2nd newsletter, in which you will learn about the project progress on the different tasks and activities carried out in the last four months (from May to August 2018). The newsletter will inform you also on project events, meetings, and planned activities for the following months. You can download it in the…
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