Bluesky · Hashtag

#microplastics

167
posts · 30d
113
users
6
posts / day
1.5
posts / user
-3% vs last week

#microplastics is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 113 people shared 167 posts with it — around 6 a day. Activity is down 3% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 10 with 17 posts.

#microplastics posts per day (last 30 days)

Posts with #microplastics

Damian Carrington
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
7 months ago
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discoveries of #microplastics throughout human body, from brain to blood, arteries to testes Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’ Story by me www.theguardian.com/envir….
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

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‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body

Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’

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Damian Carrington
@dpcarrington.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
Levels of #microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests - Tiny plastic pollution also found in livers and kidneys, but the potentially worrying health impacts remain unknown Story by me www.theguardian.com/envir….
Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests

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Levels of microplastics in human brains may be rapidly rising, study suggests

Research looking at tissue from postmortems between 1997 and 2024 finds upward trend in contamination

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Nick Burgis
@nickburgis.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
🧪 University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers have detected #microplastics in human brains at much higher concentrations than in other organs – and the plastic accumulation appears to be growing over time, having increased 50% over just the past eight years. hscnews.unm.edu/news/hsc-….

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UNM Researchers Find Alarmingly High Levels of Microplastics in Human Brains – and Concentrations are Growing Over Time

University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers have detected microplastics in human brains at much higher concentrations than in other organs – and the plastic accumulation appears to be growing...

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Prof Sam Illingworth
@samillingworth.com
over 1 year ago
🌊🔬 Mapping Microplastic Hotspots in the Southern Ocean A new study identifies microplastic hotspots near the Antarctic Peninsula, where marine life faces compounded threats from pollution, ocean warming, and acidification. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415... 🧪 #Microplastics #SciComm
Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact - Scientific Reports

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Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Microplastic hotspots mapped across the Southern Ocean reveal areas of potential ecological impact

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Dr. Melanie Bergmann
@melaniebergma18.bsky.social
over 1 year ago
1/n New study estimates that #microplastics could reduce the photosynthesis of terrestrial plants by about 12% and by about 7% in marine algae, which are at the base of the ocean food web and capture #CO2 buffering #ClimateChange. #plastic www.theguardian.com/envir….
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

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Prof Sam Illingworth
@samillingworth.com
over 1 year ago
🧪 Microplastics Are Cutting Global Food Production Microplastic pollution reduces photosynthesis in plants and algae, leading to losses of up to 360 million metric tons of crops and 24 million metric tons of seafood each year. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/envir…. #SciComm #Microplastics
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation

Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades

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