INDICIT-II

Today we launch the Twitter account of @INDICITII - a research project funded by the @EU_Commission 🇪🇺 Scientists from 9 countries will work together to better understand #plasticpollution and its impacts on marine animals 🐢🐬🐠 Please follow and share widely! 🙏

A exposição do projeto @INDICITII está a caminho dos Açores! 🌊🐟 A sua primeira paragem será na ilha de São Miguel, no Expolab, inserido do evento “Partilhar Visões do Mar”. 🗓️9 de outubro⏲️16h No futuro rumará a muitas outras ilhas. Fique atento! 📰frct.azores.gov.pt/noticia/govern…

The @INDICITII Exhibition will be going to the Azores 🖼️📷 The exhibition of photographs & comic will go to several islands in the Azores archipelago 🏝️ The aim intends to disseminate the results obtained in the scope of the INDICIT & INDICIT II projects

⭐NEW PAPER ⭐ Small juvenile marine turtles and high incidence plastic ingestion in Australia 🐢 🇦🇺 The presence of #plasticpollution in development areas could potentially be an evolutionary trap 🪤 You can read the open access paper here: tiny.cc/gtfhuz

The @INDICITII virtual photo exhibition is now online! 💻🖼️ artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/node/7219759 This collection of photographs highlights the impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife & the researchers working to understand its impacts 🐢🌊🔬🐳🎣

#Environnement | L'@INDICITII : programme européen qui développe des outils pour surveiller les impacts des déchets plastiques sur la faune marine. En savoir plus 👉 ow.ly/v9dN50FnET4 @cefemontpellier @psl_univ

Ayer participamos en el Curso de Ext. Un' "Introducción a la Investigación en Microplásticos" presentando los protocolos desarrollados por @INDICITII sobre el impacto de basura marina en tortugas marinas 🐢🐢 @ulpgcresearch @ECOAQUA_IU @ULPGC

El lunes tuvimos el placer de participar en una reunión organizada por @mitecogob, en la que pudimos diseminar los resultados obtenidos por @INDICITII a los responsables de los Centros de recuperación, y poner las bases para seguir trabajando juntos 💪💪🐢🐢

Geçtiğimiz hafta Adana'da kayda alınan ve DEKAMER'e ulaşan, denize atılan bir çuvala takılan genç yeşil deniz kaplumbağasının kurtarıldığı videoyu sizlerle paylaşıyoruz.⠀ ⠀ #seaturtleweek #seaturtle #rescue #turkey @INDICITII

Pero, no es sólo la basura que las enreda... gracias a @INDICITII hemos podido comprobar que las tortugas marinas de Canarias están comiendo plástico... Mucho plástico 😥 📸 Plasticos ingeridos por una de las tortugas muestreadas por el Proyecto INDICIT

For EU Green Week an online workshop "Mediterranean Pollution, Biodiversity & Health" was held by Interreg Med 💻 INDICIT II results were presented by Olfa Chaieb from INSTM that talked about "Impact of Marine Litter on sea turtles " 🐢🌊

Out today in @CurrentBiology we found that critically endangered North Atlantic right whales are not only declining in abundance, but also in size. A whale born today is expected to reach a maximum size about 1m shorter than a whale born in 1981. authors.elsevier.com/a/1dAw3_LsQSP5…

Plastic debris on the beaches of remote islands increased max. temperatures by nearly 2.5C 🏝️ Daily temperature fluctuations due to plastic pollution could have significant implications sea turtles and migratory shorebirds 🐢🪶 Full article: tiny.cc/ecfytz

A sustainable way removing microplastics from the environment with bacteria 🦠 Using natural biofilms to capture microplastics in polluted water to form easily recycled blob 💧♻️ Full article: tiny.cc/9pfxtz

Increasing chemical and #plasticpollution are significant contributors to the decline of fish ⬇️🐟 This may be missed when assessing fish stocks 🎣 Regulators needed to take into account biological data on the health of fish populations 🩺 Full article: tiny.cc/o2nwtz

Airborne #microplastic pollution is now circulating around the world 🌬️🗺️ A global plastic cycle, like the carbon cycle, with plastic moving through the atmosphere, oceans and land is now occurring 🌊🏔️☁️ Full article: tiny.cc/jxzvtz

⭐️New Paper⭐️ Investigating the genetic composition and conservation of loggerhead sea turtles frequenting the French Mediterranean coasts 🧬🐢🇫🇷 Rookeries contributing were from Greece Crete and Western Turkey suggesting a long-distance colonisation rdcu.be/chzKN

⭐️New paper⭐️ Study of the potential impact of #microplastics & plastic additive chemicals on the health of loggerhead turtles 🐢🩺 Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

👚Apply for the #STANDUpAccelerator in #Tunisia 🇹🇳 and turn your project into scalable and sustainable business contributing to the growth of innovation & circular opportunities in the #textile clothing & #fashion industry♻️ 📎 cutt.ly/tzzgYKe #GOMED

Innovative solutions to tackle the #microplastics problem🌊💡 Including... microplastic magnets 🧲, living organisms as vacuum cleaners 🧹& tiny nets 🥅 Full article: tiny.cc/k2mqtz

New paper on marine megafauna and #plasticpollution 🦈🐬🐢🐳🐧 Lethal items items ingested included plastic bags, packaging, rope/fishing nets and balloons🛍️🎣🎈 These items need to be addressed in policy changes ✍️ Full paper: tiny.cc/4xlltz