In the first part of the ‘Glimpse of the year 2022’ series, we give our readers a glance of 3 most visited posts about scientific publications in this year.
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Tag Archives: contaminants
Penguins among microplastics!
Interest in microplastic contamination in Antarctica is very recent. For this reason, researchers from University of Koblenz – Landau (Germany) and Universidad de Concepcion (Chile) decided to find out a little more about what is happening in the land of the penguins.
Continue readingMost microplastics in rocky intertidal snails stem from paint
In this blogpost, Sonja Ehlers reports how microplastic loads in rocky intertidal snails from the North Sea, Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean are consistent across space and time. The majority of the contained microplastics consisted of paint chips that likely derived from ships or maritime equipment. Such paint chips can contain toxic antifouling substances and heavy metals.
Continue readingPHOTOPUR Online-Symposium: 2 Days of Ecotoxicology, Wastewater & Green Technologies
The PHOTOPUR project is inviting you to a free scientific symposium on the treatment and evaluation of pesticide-contaminated wastewater using green technologies, hosted online on Zoom on December 9 and 10, 2020.
Continue readingChemicals cross boundaries: New book highlights the water-land interface
In this post, Mirco Bundschuh and Ralf Schulz talk about a new book on contaminants and ecological interfaces, edited by Johanna M Kraus, David M Walters (both USGS) and Marc. A Mills (US EPA).
Continue readingInternational Online Autumn Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment
From August 1 to October 31, 2020, the Institute for Environmental Sciences at the University of Koblenz-Landau will host its “International Online Autumn Academy on Spatial Ecotoxicology and Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment – Using an Open Community Approach”.
Continue readingGraphing Ecotoxicology
In this article, Jakob Wolfram talks about their recent publication “Graphing Ecotoxicology: The MAGIC graph for Linking Environmental Data on Chemicals”. This work detailed how a novel database structure was used to manage, aggregate, and harmonize different environmental databases in order to address large-scale environmental issues.
Continue readingMaster thesis opportunity in marine mammal ecotoxicology in Norway
Akvaplan-niva in Norway is looking for a master student to investigate levels of contaminant mixtures in humpback and killer whales along the coast of Northern-Norway.
Continue readingPhD position in Aquatic Ecology at Uni Duisburg-Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen is offering a PhD position in aquatic ecology with focus on the effects of multiple stressors on the quality of aquatic systems.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Environmental Chemistry at Umeå University
Umeå University in Sweden offers a PostDoc position to address water treatment implementation challenges, with focus on developing biochar adsorbents.