Because of the massive increase in #IngestedPlastic this year (number, mass and size of particles) were finding intact items inside our baby #seabirds. This means weāre able to get information on brandsā¦including THIS! ā¬ļø #SoyFish #PollutionIsADesignChoice #shearwaters
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Adrift Lab (Marine Science)
Last week HRH King Charles III learned about all the amazing research happening at #AdriftLab & the remarkable #birds weāre so lucky to work with. King Charles shares our teamsā passion for environmental #conservation. Weāre hoping for a dinner invite soon š #WPY60 @nhm-london.bsky.social
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a šcomicš about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
As it's breeding time for giant petrels on Bird Island, meet the oldest female giant petrel on the island ā¬ļø
She hatched there in 1989, making her an impressive 36 years old.
This season, she decided to build her nest next to the path, where the team greet her every day as they go past šŖ¶
Our new @adriftlab.bsky.social paper is out, lead by @alixdejersey.bsky.social showing the insidious impacts of plastics on seemingly health birds (1/5)
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Seabirds in crisis: plastic ingestion produces dementia-like symptoms and signals of multiorgan failure: from @alixdejersey.bsky.social @seabirdsentinel.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social @adriftlab.bsky.social
šnews www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
špaper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
All this plastic is making my head spin. I donāt think one can grasp the amount of our own produced junk you can find in sable shearwaters. All the pieces here (60g - 778 pieces) were in one (1!!!) chick. Thatās roughly 20% of its body weight. @adriftlab.bsky.social @thelabandfield.bsky.social
Adrift Lab (Marine Science)
Looking fit is no guarantee of health for one of the worldās most plastic polluted birds.
While undertaking fieldwork on #LordHoweIsland this month, the #AdriftLab team completed 21 #cleanups of four beaches. In total, we removed 2943 #plastics weighing 33kg (carried on our bicycles). All debris was sorted & uploaded to Australiaās national database #AMDI
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Last week @alixdejersey.bsky.social attended the #AUSoMicS Conference & presented her STUNNING poster on #plastics & #proteomics: it got heaps of great feedback-check it out!š
#SublethalEffects #seabirds #phdlife
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Plastic consumption in seabirds causes blood signatures of widespread organ damage including brain, stomach, kidney, and liver.
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimerās, study shows
Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay
Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage āakin to Alzheimerās diseaseā, according to a new study āā¦
