Dr Emily Rowlands

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

So excited to hear that the #AntarcticPICCOLO mooring I helped deploy last year has been successfully recovered. A year's worth of awesome science on board! Whoop whoop! Well done gang! @EmilyRowlands89 @BAS_News @RoSES_ocean

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

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

Out latest #microplastics study in the #southernocean looking at vertical plastic fluxes @BAS_News @UniofExeterNews @PlymouthMarine @oceandiagnstics

#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

📢#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/publications @EmilyRowlands89 @BAS_News @annaposacka

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/environmental-… #BiodiversityDay #BiodiversityDay2023

#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

Our collaborator and @BAS_News and @UniofExeter researcher, @EmilyRowlands89 found that #nanoplastics can add stress to creatures already contending with #oceanacidification: ow.ly/NiSm50NubNQ

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

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

Great to see the wonderful Antarctic flags from our last expedition being returned to pupils that created them #Antarctica #education #outreach

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

Also happy to share our special issue exploring #toxicity of #micro and #nano #plasticpollution in marine environments...

PS.. excited to share our book chapter exploring the issue of plastic in the Southern Ocean

#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

#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

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