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Microplastic field course on NIR scanner

Microplastic field course on NIR scanner

During a two day intensive microplastic field course (University of Bergen, Department of Biological Sciences), NIVA trained students MSc students on field sampling techniques for microplastics. This included the use of the NIR scanner (Task 8.4) in order to evaluate...

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CNR-ISMAR participated in the “Sea Day” in La Spezia

CNR-ISMAR participated in the “Sea Day” in La Spezia

CNR-ISMAR participated in the "Sea Day" in La Spezia (11thApril 2022) presenting to the general public and to four high-school classes of the Istituto Superiore “Capellini Sauro” of La Spezia, which is an EU Blue School, the initiatives "ML-DAR" and "ML-CSA", granted...

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Combating plastic waste in Indonesia

Combating plastic waste in Indonesia

DFKI submitted a project to combat plastic waste in Indonesia, which was successfully funded by the World Bank. The plastic waste survey project in Indonesia is being currently implemented with the Indonesian local partner Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)....

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Marine Litter Collection Campaign “On The Field“

Marine Litter Collection Campaign “On The Field“

CNR-ISMAR organised the Marine Litter Collection Campaign "On The Field“ using the Seacleaner Protocol. Marine litter monitoring was performed on the beach, and the material collected was cataloged and counted. Students used several items of the collected marine...

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HCMR – IMBBC has visited a kindergarten to present on the impact of plastics

HCMR – IMBBC has visited a kindergarten to present on the impact of plastics

The Hellenic Centre for Marine Research – IMBBC has visited the kindergarten school kids of the Elia village (Crete, Greece) on 14th of January 2022 and performed a presentation, during which the value of the marine environment and the impact of plastic litter and microplastics were presented. The kids took the role of young journalists and asked questions related to the marine environment and its problems to the HCMR scientists.

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