@EmilyRowlands89

Marine ecologist 🔎plastic/environment interactions in #SouthernOcean #Antarctia @BAS_News. Wolfson College Research Associate @WolfsonCollege @Cambridge_Uni

 South West, England
Joined February 2018
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This #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the incredible women working to solve plastic pollution through science, policy development, community engagement and more. 🙌 We are honoured to learn from and work with you all to protect our planet. 🌎💚🌈 #WomenInSTEM #Gratitude
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It's still #WorldKrillDay 🦐 So what better time to tell you about plastic pollution affecting these tiny climate heroes? Our scientists have been hunting for a huge quantity of microplastic... ...and they found it: at every depth, and inside krill. 👉 ow.ly/rVoh50PxE9F
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We are thrilled to have contributed Raman spectroscopy to this important research led by @EmilyRowlands89, @BAS_News & @UniofExeter. Find the article on #microplastics verticle flux in the Southern Ocean here: ow.ly/O8j850Phclm #NewResearch #NewStudy @ExeterMarine
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Out latest #microplastics study in the #southernocean looking at vertical plastic fluxes @BAS_News @UniofExeterNews @PlymouthMarine @oceandiagnstics
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#NewStudy finds #microplastic #flux decreases 69% from 50 m to 150 m in the Southern Ocean: ow.ly/mUHb50OSfTe Studying this movement at depth may provide insights into the distribution and fate of #plastics in our oceans. @EmilyRowlands89 @BAS_News @annaposacka
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📢#NewPublication: "Vertical flux of microplastic, a case study in the Southern Ocean, South Georgia." This study investigates the vertical sinking of #microplastics (50 - 150 m). Find it on our publications page: oceandiagnostics.com/publica… @EmilyRowlands89 @BAS_News @annaposacka
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Wildlife has declined an average of 68% since 1970 (@WWF). #Biodiversity loss is a threat, but with #eDNA, researchers can monitor ecosystems, environments and endangered species. Check out our upcoming eDNA devices: oceandiagnostics.com/environ… #BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityDay2023
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#Krill are key to sustaining ocean food webs but are vulnerable to human-induced stressors. Our partner, @EmilyRowlands89, recently found #nanoplastics and #oceanacidification causes reduced growth in Antarctic krill embryos. ow.ly/4zuB50NqH3k @BAS_News @UniofExeter
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Our collaborator and @BAS_News and @UniofExeter researcher, @EmilyRowlands89 found that #nanoplastics can add stress to creatures already contending with #oceanacidification: ow.ly/NiSm50NubNQ
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In the early 2000s, NERC-funded researchers first sounded the alarm on microplastics in our oceans. Nearly 20 years on, we're still uncovering the extent of microplastic pollution - now confirmed in one of the most important marine food chains on the planet
British Antarctic Survey 🐧@BAS_News29 Mar 2023
Scientists have found #microplastic pollution in krill and salps from Antarctica's Southern Ocean 🦐 Krill and salps are just the start of the chain: that plastic transfers up as food to whales, penguins, seals and seabirds. Here's what our team found 👇 ow.ly/Q6ps50NtU88
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Our collaborator, @EmilyRowlands89 of @BAS_News and @UniofExeter recently found #nanoplastics negatively impacted Antarctic krill embryos when exposed to a #multistressor scenario with both #nanoplastics and #oceanacidification. Learn more: ow.ly/o4Gf50No9U5
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Great to see the wonderful Antarctic flags from our last expedition being returned to pupils that created them #Antarctica #education #outreach
Pilton College@tweet_pilton27 Feb 2023
Isla's flag has reached Antarctica! Dr. Bowden has just received photographic evidence that the flag designed by the Year 7 student has winged its way across the world to the the Singy Research Station. bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/s… @UKPolarNetwork @fiona_616 @HattAinsley
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Antarctic iceberg A-76A the biggest remaining piece of A76 and largest berg floating in the world's oceans. It's hard to capture the size or beauty but we try @BAS_News @ExeterMarine
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Also happy to share our special issue exploring #toxicity of #micro and #nano #plasticpollution in marine environments...
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PS.. excited to share our book chapter exploring the issue of plastic in the Southern Ocean
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#Microplastics from Antarctica, collected aboard @BAS_News were brought to Ocean Diagnostics for analysis. The collaboration led to enhanced Raman spectroscopy polymer identification methods: ow.ly/ubs350Mt7lY @UniofExeter
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#Microplastics from Dr. Rowlands’ @BAS_News survey expedition were brought to Ocean Diagnostics’ lab for analysis. While working alongside the team in Victoria, Dr. Rowlands analyzed #plastics. This knowledge exchange resulted in enhanced Raman techniques: ow.ly/m4E550Mo9KL
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Many #microplastics in the ocean sink to depths not commonly sampled by researchers. Dr. Emily Rowlands of @BAS_News & @UniofExeter sought to undercover some of this #microplastic mystery in Antarctic waters. Samples were analyzed by Ocean Diagnostics: ow.ly/OMkp50Mo99h

BAS Researcher & Ocean Diagnostics Collaborate to Identify Microplastics at Depth in Antarctic Water

To understand microplastic risks to marine ecosystems, scientists need to know the levels of microplastics available to animals in the environment and at what depths below the ocean plastics could be...

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The fate of ocean #microplastics is largely unknown. Microplastics at different depths may account for missing ocean plastics. @BAS_News researcher finds a higher microplastic flux at 50m & 100m in Antarctic waters. Ocean Diagnostics analyzed the samples: ow.ly/9xYj50MmfaE
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