Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD
@riverinelitter.bsky.social
👨🏻🔬 He/him | 🔬Postdoc @RIPARIANET | 🍃PhD in Plastic retention by Plants at @romatre | Riparian and River #plastics transport and effect | Visiting PhD at @WUR | 🏞️ Freshwater Ecologist |
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Riparian vegetation plastic monitoring: A harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated riverine habitats
Many studies highlighted that rivers transported land-based plastics to the sea. However, most of the litter remains stuck in the fluvial ecosystem, a…
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📏 #Harmonization in #macrolitter and #macroplastic studies is pivotal to comparing results and providing insights to mitigate #plasticpollution. Here, 🏞️ we provided a harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated #riverine #habitats.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🎉 Glad to share with you our last paper on #plasticentrapment by #waterHyacinth
🌿 We revealed a historical retention of macroplastics in #invasive aquatic vegetation.
🔗 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ecology #academia @scinews.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #research
🌿 We revealed a historical retention of macroplastics in #invasive aquatic vegetation.
🔗 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ecology #academia @scinews.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #research
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
🎉 Glad to share with you our last paper on #plasticentrapment by #waterHyacinth
🌿 We revealed a historical retention of macroplastics in #invasive aquatic vegetation.
🔗 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ecology #academia @scinews.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #research
🌿 We revealed a historical retention of macroplastics in #invasive aquatic vegetation.
🔗 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#ecology #academia @scinews.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social #research
🎉We're glad to share our latest paper on #microplastics in #bees with you.
🐝What about #pollination hindered by MPs in urban and rural sites?
💥Great collaboration with @abdaltunisik and @Damia_Barcelo
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#research #Academia #AcademicBluesky
🐝What about #pollination hindered by MPs in urban and rural sites?
💥Great collaboration with @abdaltunisik and @Damia_Barcelo
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#research #Academia #AcademicBluesky
Pollination under attack: First insights from Türkiye Plain reveal microplastics in bees from both urban and rural areas
The increasing production and environmental release of plastics have led to the widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in diverse ecosystems. Poll…
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August 28, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🎉We're glad to share our latest paper on #microplastics in #bees with you.
🐝What about #pollination hindered by MPs in urban and rural sites?
💥Great collaboration with @abdaltunisik and @Damia_Barcelo
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#research #Academia #AcademicBluesky
🐝What about #pollination hindered by MPs in urban and rural sites?
💥Great collaboration with @abdaltunisik and @Damia_Barcelo
Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#research #Academia #AcademicBluesky
Reposted by Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD
Following 10 days of negotiations, #INC5 talks to develop a global #PlasticsTreaty adjourned on 15 August in Geneva without consensus on a text of the instrument.
Negotiations will resume at a future date to be announced: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Negotiations will resume at a future date to be announced: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
August 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Following 10 days of negotiations, #INC5 talks to develop a global #PlasticsTreaty adjourned on 15 August in Geneva without consensus on a text of the instrument.
Negotiations will resume at a future date to be announced: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Negotiations will resume at a future date to be announced: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Reposted by Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD
"We cannot continue to favor oil industry profits over the health of our children and grandchildren,” said Pamela Miller, IPEN Co-chair.
stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/despite...
stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/despite...
Despite Wide Agreement on the Need to Address the Plastics Crisis, Oil States Derail Efforts for a Global Plastics Treaty - IPEN International Pollutants Elimination Network
Geneva-The Plastics Treaty INC-5.2 negotiations closed today without an agreement, despite the majority of nations calling for meaningful, global
stoppoisonplastic.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"We cannot continue to favor oil industry profits over the health of our children and grandchildren,” said Pamela Miller, IPEN Co-chair.
stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/despite...
stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/despite...
Honoured to be an invited #researcher at @INCPoland to visit @maciejliro.bsky.social and his team.
🍃I shared my research lines and my work in @riparianet through my #workshop on #plastic transport and retention in #rivers 🏞️
🙏🏼Thanks for this unique experience in #Krakow and surroundings!
🍃I shared my research lines and my work in @riparianet through my #workshop on #plastic transport and retention in #rivers 🏞️
🙏🏼Thanks for this unique experience in #Krakow and surroundings!
May 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Honoured to be an invited #researcher at @INCPoland to visit @maciejliro.bsky.social and his team.
🍃I shared my research lines and my work in @riparianet through my #workshop on #plastic transport and retention in #rivers 🏞️
🙏🏼Thanks for this unique experience in #Krakow and surroundings!
🍃I shared my research lines and my work in @riparianet through my #workshop on #plastic transport and retention in #rivers 🏞️
🙏🏼Thanks for this unique experience in #Krakow and surroundings!
🎉Glad to work together with @maciejliro.bsky.social on #plastics trapped by woody jams in the Aniene river in central #Italy.
Here we found that #macroplastics retained by woody jams can be higher that accumulation due to other type of #vegetation.
#research #academicchatter #rivers
Here we found that #macroplastics retained by woody jams can be higher that accumulation due to other type of #vegetation.
#research #academicchatter #rivers
Together with Luca Gallitelli @riverinelitter.bsky.social, we show that wood jams can retain up to 600× more macroplastic than channel sediments. We introduce the term plastic-wood jam to describe this phenomenon. doi.org/10.1007/s107... #Macroplastics #Hydrobiologia #RiverPollution
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@ncn.gov.pl
May 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
🎉Glad to work together with @maciejliro.bsky.social on #plastics trapped by woody jams in the Aniene river in central #Italy.
Here we found that #macroplastics retained by woody jams can be higher that accumulation due to other type of #vegetation.
#research #academicchatter #rivers
Here we found that #macroplastics retained by woody jams can be higher that accumulation due to other type of #vegetation.
#research #academicchatter #rivers
🏞️ #EGU25: Glad to present our last results on #plastic retention by riparian #vegetation across #European #rivers from #Riparianet project.
🙏 I thank all the colleagues to provide many feedback and questions! Keep in touch for collaboration!
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
🙏 I thank all the colleagues to provide many feedback and questions! Keep in touch for collaboration!
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Abstract EGU25-1025
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🏞️ #EGU25: Glad to present our last results on #plastic retention by riparian #vegetation across #European #rivers from #Riparianet project.
🙏 I thank all the colleagues to provide many feedback and questions! Keep in touch for collaboration!
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
🙏 I thank all the colleagues to provide many feedback and questions! Keep in touch for collaboration!
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Reposted by Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD
Water for the planet 🌎
Water for nature 🐸
Water for people 👪
There can be no life on Earth without clean water.
The EU is reviewing rules to improve water quality by reducing pollutants. End goal: #ZeroPollution by 2050.
🔗 europa.eu/!qdGdRM
#WorldWaterDay
Water for nature 🐸
Water for people 👪
There can be no life on Earth without clean water.
The EU is reviewing rules to improve water quality by reducing pollutants. End goal: #ZeroPollution by 2050.
🔗 europa.eu/!qdGdRM
#WorldWaterDay
Water
Learn what the EU does to protect water resources and ecosystems, and ensure that drinking and bathing water is clean.
www.consilium.europa.eu
March 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Water for the planet 🌎
Water for nature 🐸
Water for people 👪
There can be no life on Earth without clean water.
The EU is reviewing rules to improve water quality by reducing pollutants. End goal: #ZeroPollution by 2050.
🔗 europa.eu/!qdGdRM
#WorldWaterDay
Water for nature 🐸
Water for people 👪
There can be no life on Earth without clean water.
The EU is reviewing rules to improve water quality by reducing pollutants. End goal: #ZeroPollution by 2050.
🔗 europa.eu/!qdGdRM
#WorldWaterDay
#WorldWaterDay
With over 450 scientists, I am standing up for safe and #cleanwater in #Europe.
We urge @EU_Commission, @EUCouncil, and @Europarl_EN to address increasing #pollution in EU’s freshwater ecosystems in upcoming negotiations and #WFD.
With over 450 scientists, I am standing up for safe and #cleanwater in #Europe.
We urge @EU_Commission, @EUCouncil, and @Europarl_EN to address increasing #pollution in EU’s freshwater ecosystems in upcoming negotiations and #WFD.
March 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#WorldWaterDay
With over 450 scientists, I am standing up for safe and #cleanwater in #Europe.
We urge @EU_Commission, @EUCouncil, and @Europarl_EN to address increasing #pollution in EU’s freshwater ecosystems in upcoming negotiations and #WFD.
With over 450 scientists, I am standing up for safe and #cleanwater in #Europe.
We urge @EU_Commission, @EUCouncil, and @Europarl_EN to address increasing #pollution in EU’s freshwater ecosystems in upcoming negotiations and #WFD.
🔬New research highlights #microplastics in #tadpoles (0.01 MP/ind), adults (1.52 MP/ind), and habitats of three water #frogs of Pelophylax spp.
🏭Interestingly, elevated quantities of MPs were identified in areas with considerable human activity, such as #İstanbul.
🏭Interestingly, elevated quantities of MPs were identified in areas with considerable human activity, such as #İstanbul.
February 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🔬New research highlights #microplastics in #tadpoles (0.01 MP/ind), adults (1.52 MP/ind), and habitats of three water #frogs of Pelophylax spp.
🏭Interestingly, elevated quantities of MPs were identified in areas with considerable human activity, such as #İstanbul.
🏭Interestingly, elevated quantities of MPs were identified in areas with considerable human activity, such as #İstanbul.
💀 #Microplastics are everywhere, but now also in our #skeleton!
📝Recent #research reveals that MPs accumulate in #human intervertebral discs, #bones, and cartilage.
⚕️What about any #health implications?
🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025000674
#humanhealth @who.int
📝Recent #research reveals that MPs accumulate in #human intervertebral discs, #bones, and cartilage.
⚕️What about any #health implications?
🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025000674
#humanhealth @who.int
February 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
💀 #Microplastics are everywhere, but now also in our #skeleton!
📝Recent #research reveals that MPs accumulate in #human intervertebral discs, #bones, and cartilage.
⚕️What about any #health implications?
🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025000674
#humanhealth @who.int
📝Recent #research reveals that MPs accumulate in #human intervertebral discs, #bones, and cartilage.
⚕️What about any #health implications?
🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025000674
#humanhealth @who.int
Interesting (sad) new research reveals that nano and #microplastics can be accumulated in #human brains! Authors also found an increased MNP concentrations over time in both liver and #brain samples.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SundayScience @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SundayScience @nature.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Interesting (sad) new research reveals that nano and #microplastics can be accumulated in #human brains! Authors also found an increased MNP concentrations over time in both liver and #brain samples.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SundayScience @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#SundayScience @nature.com
Terribly hot.
#January2025 was the hottest January on #record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
#Drought, #floods, #foodsupply: what about the consequences of this 1.7°?
#climatechange #Science
#January2025 was the hottest January on #record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
#Drought, #floods, #foodsupply: what about the consequences of this 1.7°?
#climatechange #Science
January 2025 was the hottest on record (Global monthly temperature anomalies, relative to a 1850 -1900 baseline).
February 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Terribly hot.
#January2025 was the hottest January on #record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
#Drought, #floods, #foodsupply: what about the consequences of this 1.7°?
#climatechange #Science
#January2025 was the hottest January on #record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.
#Drought, #floods, #foodsupply: what about the consequences of this 1.7°?
#climatechange #Science
🎉Happy to share with you one of my last #PhD paper - just accepted for publication on @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
🍃We applied the three-dimensional vegetation index (3DVI) to #plasticentrapment by #plants.
🔗Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#macroplastic #paper #research #openaccess
🍃We applied the three-dimensional vegetation index (3DVI) to #plasticentrapment by #plants.
🔗Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#macroplastic #paper #research #openaccess
January 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎉Happy to share with you one of my last #PhD paper - just accepted for publication on @elsevierconnect.bsky.social
🍃We applied the three-dimensional vegetation index (3DVI) to #plasticentrapment by #plants.
🔗Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#macroplastic #paper #research #openaccess
🍃We applied the three-dimensional vegetation index (3DVI) to #plasticentrapment by #plants.
🔗Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#macroplastic #paper #research #openaccess
We urgently need a #PlasticTreaty, adding all possible #threats from contaminants to #mitigation actions. How might it be effectively possible?
#plasticstreaty #stopplasticpollution #plasticpollution
#plasticstreaty #stopplasticpollution #plasticpollution
January 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We urgently need a #PlasticTreaty, adding all possible #threats from contaminants to #mitigation actions. How might it be effectively possible?
#plasticstreaty #stopplasticpollution #plasticpollution
#plasticstreaty #stopplasticpollution #plasticpollution
📏 #Harmonization in #macrolitter and #macroplastic studies is pivotal to comparing results and providing insights to mitigate #plasticpollution. Here, 🏞️ we provided a harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated #riverine #habitats.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Riparian vegetation plastic monitoring: A harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated riverine habitats
Many studies highlighted that rivers transported land-based plastics to the sea. However, most of the litter remains stuck in the fluvial ecosystem, a…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📏 #Harmonization in #macrolitter and #macroplastic studies is pivotal to comparing results and providing insights to mitigate #plasticpollution. Here, 🏞️ we provided a harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated #riverine #habitats.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
💧 Water has been my element since I was born. Today, as a researcher in #freshwater #ecology 👨🔬, my primay focus is monitoring water health and #plastic pollution 🏭. My main goal is to provide valuable insights on water quality for riverine ecosystems 🚰.
#plasticpollution #science #research
#plasticpollution #science #research
January 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
💧 Water has been my element since I was born. Today, as a researcher in #freshwater #ecology 👨🔬, my primay focus is monitoring water health and #plastic pollution 🏭. My main goal is to provide valuable insights on water quality for riverine ecosystems 🚰.
#plasticpollution #science #research
#plasticpollution #science #research