Bethanie Carney Almroth

@BCarneyAlmroth
211 Followers
159 Following
322 Posts
Ecotoxicologist, fish biologist, plastic pollution and microplastic researcher, teacher, communicator, wife, mother, lover of animals.
RT @martiwag
Go @BCarneyAlmroth! Discussing the triple planetary crisis we face!
⁦@DeniseMitrano⁩ on the importance of understanding impacts of #microplastics including interactions with Earth systems functions inc biogeochemical flows, non-indigenous species, nutrient cycles, #MarineSnow. ⁦@LimnoPlast⁩ ⁦@UNESCO⁩ #PlanetaryBoundaries
On my way to #Paris!!
Diving into Freshwater #Microplastic pollution - Connecting Water, Environmental and Social Sciences
https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__XUQNJi7TuaBE9FIxyr61g?t=1678018571148
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Diving into Freshwater Microplastic pollution - Connecting Water, Environmental and Social Sciences. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Diving into Freshwater Microplastic pollution - Connecting Water, Environmental and Social Sciences. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Zoom

RT @GreenpeaceCA
You can't #BeatPlasticPollution without seriously targeting plastic PRODUCTION. Recycling & piecemeal bans will never be enough to counter the plastic tidal wave Big Oil has its sights set on.

Countries MUST agree to a strong Global #PlasticsTreaty.

https://act.gp/3KTvkhS

Plastic consumption on course to nearly double by 2050 - research

Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally binding global treaty to curb consumption is drawn up, according to research published on Monday.

Reuters
RT @andresdelcas
🚨The UNESCO 3 days meeting on #microplastics will provide valuable input to the #UNWaterConference & the #plasticstreaty
👀 Keynoters: Bethanie Carney Almroth, Denise Mitran & Sabine Pahl
🗓️: 6-8 March
📍UNESCO HQ
PROGRAM: https://bit.ly/3EXqSLv
📺: https://unesco-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__XUQNJi7TuaBE9FIxyr61g
RT @PatiVillarrubia
El próximo lunes tendré el gran honor de presentar mi investigación sobre #ContaminacióndePlásticos dentro del marco de los #LímitesPlanetarios a escala global en esta sesión informativa. Muchas Garcías @danieladurang6 y @LenAmazonas por la invitación. https://twitter.com/danieladurang6/status/1630735728660316160
Daniela Durán G on Twitter

“📢 Come join us! I will be moderating this amazing session we organized with @LenAmazonas on indigenous peoples, plastic pollution and the #PlasticsTreaty We will have the best experts 😎: @andresdelcas @PatiVillarrubia @IpuchimaR”

Twitter
Young #seabirds suffer damage to gut due to plastic ingestion in a pathology termed #plasticosis with severe, widespread fibrosis and subsequent tissue damage.
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RT @TheLabAndField
Amazing coverage of the latest @AdriftLab #PlasticPollution #ornithology paper in the Guardian today! https://twitter.com/horton_official/status/1631616349515526144
https://twitter.com/TheLabAndField/status/1631625272498765825
Helena Horton on Twitter

“NEW: for the first time, a disease specifically caused by plastics has been identified in animals - seabirds. https://t.co/I2qsEcImxX”

Twitter

RT @andresdelcas
🚨Next Monday, the Major Group on Indigenous Peoples + CIEL, OPIAC, OHCHR, UNESCO... are organising a session (in Spanish) on:

LAC Indigenous Peoples & the #plasticstreaty

DM @danieladurang6 for more information

RT @andresdelcas
🇨🇦Canada 2nd public consultation is seeking input on the ambition and direction of the #plasticstreaty:

Online survey:

https://www.placespeak.com/en/topic/6722-canadas-voice-towards-an-ambitious-new-legally-binding-global-agreement-on-plastic-pollution/#/overview

Canada’s voice: towards an ambitious new legally binding global agreement on plastic pollution

How can Canada support global efforts to end plastic pollution? We want to hear from you!

PlaceSpeak
RT @enckj
EPA orders testing for highly toxic dioxin at Ohio derailment site https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/03/02/east-palestine-ohio-derailment-dioxins/
EPA orders testing for highly toxic dioxin at Ohio derailment site

The EPA Thursday ordered rail company Norfolk Southern to test the Ohio derailment area for dioxins, a dangerous and persistent class of pollutants.

The Washington Post