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Margaret Spring
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Chief Conservation and Science Officer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium (@Montereyaq.bsky.social.) Acting for conservation of the global ocean. On the ground in Busan working to get a strong #PlasticsTreaty #INC5.
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I’m honored to join a panel hosted by @ChathamHouse #thinktank and the ISC @sciencecouncil.bsky.social to inform what may be the final round of negotiations for a #globaltreaty to end #plasticpollution.

🗓️ 14 July 2025 | 5:00–6:30PM BST
📍 Chatham House + Online
www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/r...
July 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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What are the research gaps needed to fully understand microplastic impacts to our health? What mitigation strategies can states, including #California, use to reduce exposure sources?

Final webinar about #microplastics and human #health recording here: tinyurl.com/ebaje4w3
June 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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We know #plastics are not just a “waste” problem, plastics are also a #climate problem. We are glad to be part of the first report to comprehensively assess the existing peer-reviewed data on climate impacts of plastics and outlines research and policy recommendations we can start on right now.
Cover of a report with plastic bottles, cups, and bags floating in the ocean. The title is "Plastic: Exposing Their Climate Impacts". Subtext reads "What we know, what we need to know, and recommendations for research and policy." Dated May 2025.
May 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Take a walk through and you’re immediately surrounded with a tragic reality: the immense amount of plastic waste that kills and harms whales and other ocean life.
November 29, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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The whale sculpture at #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty looks a bit out of place at the BEXCO conference center here in Busan, Republic of Korea- until you see what’ lurks inside…
Sculpture of a whale outside the Bexco conference center at the UN Global plastic treaty negotiation in Busan, Republic of Korea. Inside the mouth of the whale sculpture outside the Bexco conference center at the UN Global plastic treaty negotiation in Busan, Republic of Korea. It is filled with all the plastic waste that accumulates and harms marine life.
November 29, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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#EndPlasticPollution messages in #Busan underscore the need for ambition in the #GlobalPlasticTreaty @montereyaq.bsky.social
November 23, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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Makana the Laysan Albatross - our Ambassador at the Monterey Bay Aquarium on #plasticpollution is giving me FIRM instructions: make her proud and complete an ambitious #GlobalPlasticTreaty this month at the final negotiations in Busan, Republic of Korea! Let’s not fail her!! 💪 🌊
November 14, 2024 at 3:58 PM