Had a fruitful engagement with the microplastics PGRs coming down to #IMS . Lovely pics by #Sophiering
#UoPeople #tireparticles #Pollution

And they're back! Here is Team Ithaca passing under Tower Bridge - breaking a world record for fastest female team. They've battled horrendous weather on the way round and absolutely smashed it! 👏 #OceanRowing #RowWithAPurpose #WorldsToughestRow

With less than 50 nautical miles left, Team Ithaca is on the verge of completing their incredible journey, rowing around GB 🇬🇧

Barring any unexpected challenges from wind and tide, we're hoping they'll cross the finish line of Tower Bridge, London, on Wednesday afternoon🤞

Inspiring day at Horndean Junior School! Dr Fay Couceiro shared how GB Row Challenge collects vital scientific data on #OceanPollution . The children discovered 1 bin lorry of plastic is dumped in our oceans every minute. Read the full story:
gbrowchallenge.com/local-children…
University of Portsmouth

They have indeed set out late last night. Last stretch Team Ithaca !

Absolutely loved hearing from John Dadd on his career as a UK navy #clearancediver started in the 1960s. He has lived through so much change in the #scubadiving industry. Thanks to UK's only The Diving Museum and #HistoricDivingSociety team for organising and hosting.

Great time helping on the #SolentSeagrassRestoration project in Seaview, IoW. Collecting seeds for replanting in depleted areas. Thanks Theo Vickers for the shots.
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Hampshire & IOW Wildlife Trust Marine UoP Marine Biology Ellie Parker Tim Ferrero BoskalisWestminster FatFace Foundation Vp plc

Some talks from University of Portsmouth #docfest yesterday

Updates and news stories on the @GBRow2023 event
gbrowchallenge.com/latest-news

What a haul! Thanks to our #solentseagrasschampions we had a fantastic seed collecting session this morning at Seaview. Loads of spathes and thousands of seed in the bag for our #SolentSeagrassRestoration Hampshire & IOW Wildlife Trust Marine BoskalisWestminster UoP Marine Biology FatFace Foundation Vp plc

Had a blast at the Gosport diving museum today The Diving Museum

Are plastics in the ocean as big a problem as widely believed? Learn more about this popular scientific issue in my new book! With contributions from prominent scientists in this field.

#plastic #microplastic #nanoplastic #pollution #environment worldscientific.com/pressroom/2023…

Been learning about Renishaw InVia Qontor micro-Raman. I understand the hardware now but still experiencing issues with health checks....

Wow ok. Plastics are only stable in the environment because of added chemicals (eg to protect from UVs). Chemicals which are now PROVEN to be toxic (disruption of human endocrine system and more). So if we want to ban these toxics, the whole plastic industry falls apart?

Check out these massive water pumps🌳🫧

Each day street trees🌳are literally pumping out💪 gallons of water 🪣🪣into your local air. This is called transpiration.

This helps regulate your local climate - producing a cooling + humidifying effect. Making where you live more

Well done with this! I will follow this project closely.

I do love engaging people when it comes to science

Dr Fay Couceiro
University of Portsmouth talking about using #CitizenScience to monitor #Microplásticos in the marine environment at Revolution Plastics Institute #PlasticsFutures2023

Our boat fitted with science kit exhibited at University of Portsmouth as part as the PlasticsFuture conference Revolution Plastics Institute. PhD student Laura Fantuzzi presented our work to tackle microplastics pollution in British seas. #rowing #withapurpose

1/ Many of us would walk right past this field. But dig a little below the surface and you will find the source of one of #TeamEAs biggest groundwater clear up projects. A (scary) thread 🧵ps the black fence is to keep newts out and keep them safe!… #geographyteacher