Impacts of MicroPlastics in Irish Fresh Water (IMP)
Many congratulations to Alicia Mateos-Cárdenas on the publication of her thesis. It is looking magnificent! The thesis titled “Impact, Fate and Trophic Transfer of Microplastics in the Freshwater Environment” is the culmination of more than three years of intense work. The research has produced three […]
Read moreMicrofibres are found in the natural environment in large numbers, both from plastic and natural material. However, there has not been many studies looking at the interaction of organisms with these fibres. This ecotoxicological study is the first to compare feeding of plastic and non-plastic […]
Read moreMicroplastics are widespread in seas and oceans, and their harmful effects on many different marine animals are well known. However, we know relatively little about the microplastics in our freshwater rivers, streams and lakes. We still don’t know exactly where they come from, where they […]
Read moreMany happy congratulations to Alicia Mateos Cardenas who successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Impacts, Fate and Trophic Transfer of Microplastics in the Freshwater Environment”. This morning’s on-line viva voce was chaired by Prof. Maria Bardosova (Tyndall). Dr Tom Doyle was the internal examiner and […]
Read moreAn UN Report on Microplastics in wastewater is being written and is planned to be launched later this year or early next year. The ongoing study, provisionally titled Assessing available technologies and providing a toolkit of options of technologies to remove plastic, microplastic and microfibres […]
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