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Avril Hanbidge
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Freshwater Scientist | Project Manager at ERINN Innovation:
MARBLES, AquaPLAN, C4D, GuardIAS
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Catch up on the latest from PLAN-B project!

🌿 Online workshop on noise pollution & biodiversity - 26 Nov, register now!

📝 Take part in the public survey on light & noise pollution, your insights will help shape future solutions!

Get involved 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/latest-updat...
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Want to know more about #NatureBasedSolutions ⤵️
Explore evidence and practice on co-creating nature-based solutions (NbS) with commonly excluded stakeholders.

Based on empirical insights, the report distils 8 guiding principles to advance inclusive and effective NbS research & implementation.

Read more 🧪 link.europa.eu/X6y9hh
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Help protect our waters! 🌊

The #GuardIAS project has just launched an online course on preventing invasive aquatic species.

Essential knowledge for anyone in ecology, conservation, or environmental management.

Get started 👉 www.ecmunipv.it/login/index....

#MOOC #InvasiveSpecies
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Europe’s waters are under pressure - from rivers to coasts to the deep sea💧

Join our campaign and help protect life in The Waters We Share! 💙

See what you can do: marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w...

#TheWatersWeShare #LifeBeneathTheWaves #KnowOurWatersBetter #AquaticPersonalityQuiz
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Some AquaPLAN highlights from the 9th International Artificial Light at Night Conference #ALAN2025, @darkskyireland.bsky.social & @mayodarkskies.bsky.social hosted in Westport 🌃☘️

Researchers presenting their work on aquatic light pollution, mitigation & policy 👏
aquaplan-project.eu/alan-2025-ex...
October 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Creatures released! Back into the Night!

Publication day is upon us and this very beautiful book is winging its way to those who pre-ordered it (thank you very much).

If you fancy learning about some weird and wonderful creatures that come out at night, please pick a copy up!
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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As light pollution rises globally, the #ALAN2025 Conference offers hope & direction for a more sustainable, star-filled dark sky future!
More info 👉 aquaplan-project.eu/alan-2025-ex...

#ALAN #LightPollution #SustainableLighting #Ecology #MarineScience #Freshwater #DarkSkies #HorizonEurope
ALAN 2025 - Exploring all aspects of artificial light - AquaPLAN
Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...
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October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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At #ALAN2025:

💡 Olivia Rendon @pml.ac.uk on community perspectives of light pollution in coastal areas

💡 Franz Hölker @igb-berlin.de bridging science & policy for sustainable lighting on freshwater

💡 Ashton Dickerson @igb-berlin.de explores ALAN effects on zooplankton diel vertical migration
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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On 29 October at #ALAN2025 AquaPLAN researchers are presenting work on coastal & freshwater light pollution:

💡 Elena Maggi on coastal light pollution a multi-stressor perspective

💡 Tim Smyth @pml.ac.uk introducing GOALANN & ecological risks from light & noise pollution
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Hosted by @darkskyireland.bsky.social @mayodarkskies.bsky.social, AquaPLAN is well represented at #ALAN2025 in Wesport!

This year's invited speakers include AquaPLAN's coordinator Elena Maggi from @dipbiounipi.bsky.social & our sister project PLAN-B's Yana Yakushina from Ghent Univeristy 🙌
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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9th International Conference on Artificial Light at Night #ALAN2025 has commenced this week in Ireland ☘️!

Researchers, lighting pros, policymakers & activists are there, presenting new findings, exchanging experiences, ideas & discussing how to reduce ALAN impacts 🌃
October 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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🚨 Deadline Extended!

📅 New deadline:  November 10th, 2025.
📍 Novi Sad, Serbia OR online

👉 Register & submit abstracts:
🔗 enlightproject.rs/enlight-conference
📩 enlightproject@gmail.com
#lightpollution #ALAN #darknight
October 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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AquaPLAN coordinator Elena Maggi @dipbiounipi.bsky.social was an invited speaker at 9th International Artificial Light at Night Conference #ALAN2025 today, @darkskyireland.bsky.social & @mayodarkskies.bsky.social hosting in Ireland. Her talk: "Coastal light pollution: a multi-stressor perspective"
Day two of the Artitifical Light at Night Conference begins with fresh, cold Mayo morning air and a keynote by Elena Maggi on the marine light pollution research being undertaken by @aquaplan.bsky.social. 🌊🐟🐙💡

@darkskyireland.bsky.social @mayodarkskies.bsky.social #ALAN2025
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Artificial light at night (#ALAN) is a growing form of pollution that can disrupt ecosystems. In this study published in #BiologyLetters, researchers investigate how ALAN affects a parasitic interaction between flatworms and Daphnia waterfleas buff.ly/9QQPFRb | #Behaviour #Ecology
September 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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The big win: Biosecurity experts can stop the laborious data-digging and focus on making faster, more informed decisions to protect our ecosystems. 🛡️

A fantastic collaboration between GuardIAS, vicuniwgtn.bsky.social, and Nelson Artificial Intelligence.

#InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Today we had our AquaPLAN Interim General Meeting
Recap:
✅ Next Steering Committee Meeting
📊 EC M18 Review Meeting Outcomes
✈️ Next Annual General Meeting – Lisbon in January!
🤝 Updated Consortium Agreement
⏱️ Upcoming Deliverables – Due end 2025
🌍 Updates from @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum
September 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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The @allatlantico.bsky.social Forum brings together stakeholders from both sides of the Atlantic, aiming to advance transatlantic scientific cooperation & innovation for ocean sustainability
👉 tinyurl.com/bpp2zpuu

#AAORIA2025 #EUResearch #Tour4EU #EUROGOOS #OurSharedOcean #GES4SEAS #BlueEconomy
AquaPLAN at the 2025 All-Atlantic Forum - AquaPLAN
Funded by the EU Horizon Europe Programme (along with UKRI), AquaPLAN is a €2.6 million, 4-year project that aims to quantify the combined impacts of Light and Noise Pollution (LNP) on aquatic biodive...
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September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Over the last week, AquaPLAN coordinator @dipbiounipi.bsky.social participated in the @allatlantico.bsky.social (#AAORIA) Forum in Brussels, organised by OKEANO CSA🌊

AquaPLAN was well represented by our coordinator Elena Maggi & Mascha Stroobant 👏
September 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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🇪🇺 Il Dipartimento di Biologia ha partecipato a Bruxelles all’All-Atlantic Ocean Research and Innovation Alliance Forum, @allatlantico.bsky.social organizzato dal Progetto HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-02-1 Okeano.🌊

📸 Nelle foto, la rappresentante UNIPI Prof. Elena Maggi (AquaPLAN).👥

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September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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🤝L'evento ha riunito stakeholder da entrambe le sponde dell’Atlantico, con l’obiettivo di far avanzare la cooperazione scientifica transatlantica e l’innovazione per la sostenibilità degli oceani, mostrando come tutto ciò sia cruciale per affrontare i cambiamenti globali. 🌐

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September 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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If you missed the #AAORIAForum25 livestream last week, you can watch it back here
Day 1 👉 lnkd.in/dpmvsiRT
Day 2 👉 lnkd.in/dPTCWCBx
September 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Today is #WorldWaterMonitoringDay🌊💧🏞️💙

Let’s shine a light on an often overlooked threat to aquatic life: Light & Noise Pollution (LNP) 💡 🔊

AquaPLAN is leading the way in understanding how LNP affects biodiversity in European marine, freshwater & estuarine habitats
September 18, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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🔎 The #InvasiveAlienSpecies we focus on today is Cervus nippon, the Sika Deer.
🦌 Overgrazing by these deer can lead to substantial environmental and economic damage, particularly to crops.
🔴 They are quite aggressive, directly competing and sometimes even hybridising with native red deer.
September 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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📢 Our first policy brief is out!

This Policy Working Paper illustrates how water
restoration can be embedded in future agricultural policies to
enhance water resilience: project-merlin.eu/files/merlin... #river #wetlands #restoration #CAP #policy
September 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM