It's Science Sunday! Dolphins, sperm whales actively interact with marine debris (Y. Rodríguez, et al) "Cetaceans playing with single-use plastics (SUPs): A widespread interaction with likely severe impacts" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Erich Hoyt IUCN-CetaceanSG

Recent research efforts have placed the Azores at the forefront of #deepsea knowledge. On World Oceans Day, our group hosts an event open to everyone to present the most recent scientific discoveries about the #deepsea of the Azores. 📅 7 June 🕑14-18h 📍Teatro Faialense, Faial

To celebrate #WorldOceansDay, we presented at Teatro Faialense the most recent discoveries related to the #deepsea of the Azores, highlighting the main results obtained during our recent project to characterize its #deepsea habitats to 1000m depth inside the limits of the EEZ.

🪽 Un estudio en el que participa la #ULL propone a la pardela cenicienta como bioindicador de plásticos marinos en el Atlántico Norte 👉t.ull.es/21dt

New paper on sperm whale reponses to changes in prey structure. In-situ foraging data was used to determine daily energy acquisition and to identify the minimum required foraging success rate and explore potential responses to environmental changes. Check the thread 🧵

Presenting at the IX International Symposium on Marine Science #ISMS24 in Spain our new unpublished research regarding the transfer of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from plastics to Cory's shearwaters due to their ingestion of plastic litter. Azores Marine Litter Lab

Presenting some of my work reviewing #PlasticPollution in the #deepsea at the IX International Symposium on Marine Sciences #ISMS2024 in Valencia

Our researchers João Miguel Pereira and Yasmina Rodríguez attended the IX International Symposium on Marine Science #ISMS2024 in Spain this week, where they presented a chapter of their PhD work on the workshop about Marine Litter #BAMAR 🌊

What an amazing fieldwork trip we had yesterday!! #Azores #seamounts #microplastics #research

📢Alert publication!! 📢 Our new paper recording microplastic ingestion in the krill 🦐of the Azores is out! This work led by Cristina Villanova Solano from AChem Research Group was done in collaboration with our research group during her PhD exchange at @OkeanosUac. Check it here👇doi.org/10.1016/j.jhaz…

"Cory’s Shearwater: Bioindicator for Plastic Pollution" Yasmina Rodríguez Yasmina Rodríguez shows that Cory’s Shearwater fledglings are effective bioindicators for monitoring plastic pollution in the North Atlantic. #CoimbraSeabirds

Very glad to have presented this long-term work doi.org/10.1016/j.envi… yesterday at #CoimbraSeabirds. Looking forward to the final day of an incredible The Seabird Group conference, filled with great scientists and insightful knowledge. Azores Marine Litter Lab @OkeanosUac Fundo Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia (FRCT)

Important take by Matthew MacLeod on the Nature article published yesterday by Cottom et al.: Waste management won’t solve the #plastics problem — we need to cut consumption. Common sense really, all things considered👇 nature.com/articles/d4158…

Huge thanks to Ellie Ellie Honan for her inspiring & informative talk about toileting & menstruation during #seabird fieldwork at #CoimbraSeabirds. Whether you menstruate and/or manage people that do - this is definitely a talk to catch up on once uploaded to our YouTube channel!

Check out the new paper 👇 of our Azores Marine Litter Lab group led by João Miguel Pereira about the interactions of cold-water octocoral Viminella flagellum 🪸 with microplastics. #PlasticPollution #DeepSeaCorals #OceanConservation

The Oceans – The Bigger Picture winner is Justin Gilligan (Australia), showing a stark mosaic of 403 plastic pieces from the digestive tract of a dead flesh-footed shearwater. Studies found that three quarters of these birds breeding on Lord Howe Island contained plastic. #WPY60

Hot of the press, thank you Journal of Experimental Biology for this amazing 🌟highlight🌟of our work! Chek out below our project and paper explained and summarized most eloquently! Thank u for the effort 🫡

The 5th session of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee #INC5 opens in Busan. The science is very clear, it’s time to act! Let’s hope the 180+ nations present take this once in a planet opportunity, and agree on a strong and binding treaty to end plastic pollution!

✨We kick off the year with a newly published paper exploring plastic ingestion in adult shearwaters✨ ✳️Our findings reveal that due to feeding their offspring, adults reset their plastic loads ✳️Crucial insights for using seabirds as bioindicators 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.mare…

✨NEW PAPER!✨ ✳️An index to reduce uncertainty in distinguishing entanglements in fishing-related items between OFG and ALDFG ✳️Vital as different measures are needed to tackle each problem (operational fishing vs. marine debris) doi.org/10.1016/j.scit…