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Hello! We'll be bringing you updates on research at The University of Manchester across the breadth of 'Plastics in the Natural Environment'. See our first newsletter on plastic degradation and associated topics: bit.ly/35HuQFn UoM_MERI Green Materials Lab Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester Manchester Geography UoM Geography Laboratories

PhD researcher Jiawei Li studies microplastics in the River Tame, which has the highest recorded levels of microplastics of any river globally. Jiawei found up to 209114 particles in just 1 kg of floodplain sediment! @Jiawei_Li_uom Prof Jamie Woodward Manchester Geography

We can’t effectively clean the seafloor of plastics - stemming the flow is the only solution. 🐳🐬🐟🐠🐡🐙🦑🦐🦞🦀

Please join us in welcoming Yantiduku! Yanti’s PhD is on the effects of microplastic ingestion by invertebrates in the marine benthos, combining biology and sedimentology, with Holly Shiels and @sedlogic, UoM Biology, Medicine and Health and Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester . Great things to come, welcome!

In our latest newsletter Dr Aleks Tedstone talks about some of the methods and challenges of identifying microplastics: bit.ly/3q3l9dY UoM_MERI Green Materials Lab Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester Manchester Geography UoM Geography Laboratories

4 positions in plastics at UoM: Research Associate in Circular Plastics; Research Associate in Business and Plastics; Research Fellows – Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub (2 posts). Links in newsletter: bit.ly/3q3l9dY please RT!

The University of Manchester is tackling issues around plastics from both ends; looking at how to develop sustainable plastics in the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub and dealing with the issues of plastics already in our natural environment PlasticEnvironment

In our latest newsletter bit.ly/3bc80J0 Undergraduate student Annie Dowse talks about her project on microplastic transport in the atmosphere, and @sedlogic talks about microplastics in the deep-sea.

Did you know that Geoscientists play an important role in tracking how #microplastics move through Earth's natural systems? Mike Clare @SedLogic @elda_miramontes explain in our new blog! #Pollution #Geodetectives National Oceanography Centre BSRG @UniBremen Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester geoscienceforthefuture.com/tracking-plast…

'A geological perspective on the plastic problem' from Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester The University of Manchester researcher @SedLogic

Researchers have been worried about the potential harms of microplastics for almost 20 years. Now regulators are taking the first step towards quantifying the risk to people’s health — measuring exposure. go.nature.com/3fejLkf

Read the latest edition of the Plastic in the Natural Environment Newsletter with updates from Green Materials Lab @SedLogic Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub PlasticEnvironment Dixon Lab @SustainableUoM bit.ly/3ycE4qz

#microplastics are making it to the deep seafloor, carried by turbidity currents - but what controls where they ultimately end up? Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester researchers performed experiments in the Eurotank @UtrechtUni to find out!