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nposth.bsky.social
@nposth.bsky.social
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Geomicrobiologist & Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen
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Join us this August at the University of Copenhagen where Geoscience meets modern Medical science!

A needs-based stipend is now available, see poster below for more information.

@evolgeobiol.bsky.social
@ucph.bsky.social
#onehealth #geoscience #medicalgeology #Phd
April 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Announcing the Geneva Summer School on Microplastics
June 16-20, 2025

Open to BSc, MSc, PhD candidates, and junior professionals interested in environmental issues

Apply Now

#Phd #microplastics
#4eu+EuropeanUniversityAlliance

www.unige.ch/genevasummer...
Geneva Summer Schools • Microplastics: From Environmental Impact to Policy, Innovation, and Public Awareness
www.unige.ch
February 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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We seek a postdoc with experience in FTIR and other spectroscopic methods for the study of minerals, metals, and plastic polymer chemistry.
More info: employment.ku.dk/faculty/?sho...
Deadline: 18 March 2025
@ucph.bsky.social @carlsbergfondet.dk
#plastics #geoscience #spectroscopy
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February 20, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Join us at Goldschmidt 2025 in Prague this summer for our session

Geochemical Sources, Exposure Pathways, and Health Implications of Toxic Substances.

Abstract Deadline Feb 26, 2025

conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
Geochemical Sources, Exposure Pathways, and Health implications of Toxic Substances
In this session, we aim at exploring the relationships between the natural and disturbed geochemical composition of the Earth's surface and their consequences for human and ecosystem health. Geochemic...
conf.goldschmidt.info
January 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Happy to share a new publication on the interaction of polystyrene (PS) nanoplastics (NP) with the most abundant minerals found in freshwater environments.
Excellent work by @saschamueller1987.bsky.social
@ucph.bsky.social @sdu.dk
@villumfonden.bsky.social

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Nanoplastic in aqueous environments: The role of chemo-electric properties for nanoplastic-mineral interaction
Due to increasing plastic production, the continuous release of primary and secondary nanoplastic particles (NPs, <1 μm) has become an emerging contam…
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January 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Another reason to reduce the size of motorized vehicles, including EVs (and stop subsidizing electric SUVs and pickup trucks!):

An estimated 10-28% of the Earth’s microplastic pollution consists of 6PPD & 6PPD-Q, chemical additives included in tyres and now found in human urine samples. #plastic
Scientists make disturbing new discovery while studying human urine samples: 'We urgently need to classify [this]'
A recent study found high levels of two potentially deadly chemicals in humans' urine, raising concerns about tire pollution.
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January 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Automated quantitative mineralogy (AQM) gives us a new view on plastics - and the minerals, metals, and salts associated with their surface in aquatic environments. @mayadodhia.bsky.social
#plastics #marine #coastal #mineralogy
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Automated quantitative mineralogy and plastics – A new view of the plastic surface in aquatic environments
Plastics are a ubiquitous pollutant, and are rapidly colonized by biofilms that sorb inorganic and organic components, forming the interface between p…
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December 13, 2024 at 9:47 AM
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Happy to share a series of new work on the Mechanisms & Ecology of suspended-particle capture in marine systems
www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
Frontiers | Editorial: Mechanisms and ecology of suspended-particle capture in marine systems
The movements of water and suspended particles (inert or alive) are among the most 15 fundamental dynamical aspects of oceans, underlying numerous biological...
www.frontiersin.org
November 29, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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Using a method developed for fine-grained sediment, we’ve built a high resolution, historical record of MP deposition in Disko Bay, Greenland since 1950 that’s both eye-opening and worrisome.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Microplastics deposition in Arctic sediments of Greenland increases significantly after 1950 - Communications Earth & Environment
The deposition of microplastics in the sediments of Disko Bay, West Greenland increased markedly after 1950 alongside increased regional socio-economic development as suggested by analyzes of a Greenl...
www.nature.com
November 27, 2024 at 7:32 PM