Environmental Spectroscopy Group Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy Università degli Studi di Siena (https://en.unisi.it/) Siena, Tuscany, Italy The University of Siena’s Environmental Spectroscopy Group invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in the field of aquatic pollution monitoring and modelling. This research opportunity focuses on integrating information from multiple sources; continuous sondes, low-cost sensors, remoting sensing and citizen science, into novel modelling and forecasting approaches to identify pollution sources, and propose targeted mitiga ..read more

Frontiers in Marine Science – article published, introducing the Research Topic “Impacts of Marine Litter”  Picture by Adam Porter – “What a Fine Mess We Have Made”, winner of the 3rd place EPHEMARE photo contest IMPACT 2017  “Marine litter is an urgent environmental threat comprising primarily plastic debris. Yet, the global production of plastic is expected to double over the next decades, with envisaged severe impacts across ecosystems and societies. This editorial introduces to the Research Topic “Impacts of Marine Litter”, aiming at a better understanding of marine lit ..read more

It’s back! UN Environment and the Open University have created a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Marine Litter. It is part of Clean Seas and contributes to the goals of the Global Partnership on Marine Litter. Register here! Starts in April. Available in multiple languages ..read more

Happy to share this article from The NY Times on a recent interview where we discuss the MESO-Plastic experiment in Crete during POSEIDOMM project ..read more

Newsletter of the Marie Curie Alumni Association on the EU Green Deal. Interview from POSEIDOMM and PLOCEAN projects   ..read more

Our recent publication in Environmental Pollution Plastic pollution impacts on marine carbon biogeochemistry is freely available for 50 days at this link Hope you will enjoy it! (C)Sustainability-academy.org   ..read more

It’s hard to explain “hard science” in simple words. We often tend to lock up in our labs in the pursuit of a mission. But if we are not able to communicate our science outside academia, aren’t we missing the track? Isn’t our mission losing some of its meaning? We decided to try something new: “translate” one of POSEIDOMM papers in a paper that kids could read, and judge. It has been really challenging, but a great experience. The paper has been reviewed by super smart kids (Anna, Clara, Stephan, and Karina) full of curiosity and great questions. It has not been easy, we tend to take mos ..read more

Two years of POSEIDOMM project presented at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 in San Diego, CA (USA)! Talk AI52A-06 – Enhanced production of dissolved and particulate organic matter in the presence of microplastics at the air-sea interface Session AI52A – Processes Affecting Air-Sea Exchange and the Biogeochemistry of the Upper Ocean II. Thanks to Raquel Somavilla Cabrillo for the pictures! While there, it was also a great experience to co-lead the workshop in: Communicating Science through Storytelling  together with colleagues from the ASLO Outreach Subcommittee Elisha M ..read more

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