In 2018 we decided to develop a citizen science project that would be able to make a contribution to our knowledge and understanding of microplastics in the ocean. The project...
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The Big Microplastic Survey, our global citizen science research project gathering data about microplastics and mesoplastics on coastlines and riverbanks around the world, featured in the New Scientist magazine last week. You...
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Source: The Guardian It was inevitable but microplastics have been found in human blood. A recent article in the Guardian reports that "Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood...
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We are delighted to announce that Eco Koh Tao have joined the Big Microplastic Survey project and are busy collecting data from the coastline of this beautiful island. Eco Koh...
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Terschelling is one of the Wadden Zee islands in the North Netherlands. At the end of February 2020 we were invited to the island to run some microplastic workshops for...
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ProyectoSub Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in Argentina. Its objective is the promotion of scientific knowledge about marine organisms and ecosystems. Citizen science and education plays an important part...
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One of the research objectives with this project is to understand what motivates people to get involved. With this in mind we have recently sent out a survey to all…
One of the most important things about any citizen science research project is ensuring that the results you have are consistent and accurate. The problem with scientific research into microplastics…
We recently attended the Citizen Science Association Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Having submitted an abstract to the convention we were delighted to be able to present the findings of…
Loads of great stuff coming into the Big Microplastic Survey project at the moment from all over the world, but we just wanted to highlight a bit more local research…
