Interest in microplastic contamination in Antarctica is very recent. For this reason, researchers from University of Koblenz – Landau (Germany) and Universidad de Concepcion (Chile) decided to find out a little more about what is happening in the land of the penguins.
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In this blogpost, Sonja Ehlers reports how microplastic loads in rocky intertidal snails from the North Sea, Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean are consistent across space and time. The majority of the contained microplastics consisted of paint chips that likely derived from ships or maritime equipment. Such paint chips can contain toxic antifouling substances and heavy metals.
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The PHOTOPUR project is inviting you to a free scientific symposium on the treatment and evaluation of pesticide-contaminated wastewater using green technologies, hosted online on Zoom on December 9 and 10, 2020.
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In this post, Mirco Bundschuh and Ralf Schulz talk about a new book on contaminants and ecological interfaces, edited by Johanna M Kraus, David M Walters (both USGS) and Marc. A Mills (US EPA).
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From August 1 to October 31, 2020, the Institute for Environmental Sciences at the University of Koblenz-Landau will host its “International Online Autumn Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment – Using an Open Community Approach”.
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In this article, Jakob Wolfram talks about their recent publication “Graphing Ecotoxicology: The MAGIC graph for Linking Environmental Data on Chemicals”. This work detailed how a novel database structure was used to manage, aggregate, and harmonize different environmental databases in order to address large-scale environmental issues.
Continue readingAkvaplan-niva in Norway is looking for a master student to investigate levels of contaminant mixtures in humpback and killer whales along the coast of Northern-Norway.
Continue readingUniversity of Duisburg-Essen is offering a PhD position in aquatic ecology with focus on the effects of multiple stressors on the quality of aquatic systems.
Continue readingUmeå University in Sweden offers a PostDoc position to address water treatment implementation challenges, with focus on developing biochar adsorbents.
In this post, Mirco Weil reports on their recently published paper “Environmental risk or benefit? Comprehensive risk assessment of groundwater treated with nano Fe0-based Carbo-Iron®.”
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