Diario del proyecto Nature and Plastic

31 de mayo de 2021

Argentina joins Nature and Plastic!

Welcome Argentina to the Nature and Plastic project! The 9th country to join. Thank you to @diegoalmendras and @argentinasubmarina for setting up the AR Marine project.
Link here: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ar-marine-nature-and-plastic

Sadly, the original observation to kick off the project was a dead Falkland Imperial Cormorant (Phalacrocorax atriceps ssp. albiventer) caught in a fishing net :-(
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80373178

Publicado el mayo 31, 2021 12:41 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario

29 de octubre de 2020

CL Terrestrial Nature and Plastic project joins the umbrella!

Many thanks to @diegoalmendras for creating the CL Terrestrial Nature and Plastic project for Chile.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cl-terrestrial-nature-and-plastic

Diego created the CL Marine Nature and Plastic project in May which already has 63 observations of plastic affecting marine nature along Chile's coastline. View the obs here:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cl-marine-nature-and-plastic

Sadly, wildlife entangled in fishing line, and nests lined with plastic is a common theme.

Publicado el octubre 29, 2020 06:02 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

04 de agosto de 2020

Gull caught in PPE face mask - England

Sign of the times? A gull has been rescued after its legs became trapped in the elastic of a disposable face mask for about a week at Chelmsford, Essex, England. Will irresponsibly discarded PPE from the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic create a new plastic pollution hazard for our wildlife?
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-53474772

Publicado el agosto 4, 2020 07:36 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

17 de junio de 2020

Plastic rain in America's western national parks and wilderness areas

New research has found that America's western national parks and wilderness areas receive more than 1000 tons of plastic rain every year.

The tiny airborne microplastics, smaller than sesame seeds, can find their way into dirt, water or be swept up by air currents and carried far from their point of origin.

Read more: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cloudy-chance-plastic-rain-180975096/

Publicado el junio 17, 2020 07:18 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

17 de mayo de 2020

Chile joins Nature and Plastic!

Bienvenidos, Welcome Chile to Nature and Plastic, the first South American country to join the umbrella project! Many thanks to @diegoalmendras for creating the Marine Nature and Plastic project for his country.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cl-marine-nature-and-plastic

Chile has a lengthy coastline, 6,435 km, so it will be interesting to see what kind of marine observations of nature affected by plastic are added to the project.

For example, this amazing observation of a beautiful, colourful but threatened Red-legged Cormorant on an equally colourful but sadly plastic lined nest: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31270934

Publicado el mayo 17, 2020 11:13 TARDE por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

12 de abril de 2020

France joins Nature and Plastic!

Bienvenue, Welcome France to Nature and Plastic! Merci beaucoup to @vhamon for setting up the Terrestrial and Marine projects for the France mainland and island territories: "France métropolitaine" vs "France d'outre mer" as Valentin informed me.

View the France projects
FR Terrestrial: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fr-terrestrial-nature-and-plastic
FR Marine: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fr-marine-nature-and-plastic

Publicado el abril 12, 2020 11:14 TARDE por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

07 de marzo de 2020

Deep-sea crustacean species named Eurythenes plasticus to highlight pollution

Researchers have named a new deep-sea crustacean species found to contain plastic particles, Eurythenes plasticus, to highlight pollution after discovering it in the deepest waters on the planet, the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

"Plastic waste exports frequently end up in Southeast Asia, where waste management is often insufficient or non-existent. Because most of the plastic waste cannot be recycled, it will often get burned or dumped at repositories instead. From there it finds its way into rivers and, ultimately, into the ocean. Once in the water, plastic waste breaks apart into micro plastics and spreads through the ocean where it is ingested by marine animals such as E. Plasticus."

Read more:
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2020/03/eurythenesplasticus/

Publicado el marzo 7, 2020 06:38 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

08 de diciembre de 2019

Finland joins Nature and Plastic!

Tervetuloa, and Welcome Finland, the first European country to join Nature and Plastic! Many thanks to @kaupunkilinnut for taking the initiative to create the two projects for Finland.

FI Terrestrial: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fi-terrestrial-nature-and-plastic
FI Marine: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/fi-marine-nature-and-plastic

Publicado el diciembre 8, 2019 04:12 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 0 comentarios | Deja un comentario

21 de noviembre de 2019

Botswana joins Nature and Plastic!

Welcome to Botswana, the first landlocked country to join Nature and Plastic, and the second African nation to participate. Thank you to @botswanabugs for enthusiastically setting up the Terrestrial project for his country: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bw-terrestrial-nature-and-plastic

Publicado el noviembre 21, 2019 07:36 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 3 comentarios | Deja un comentario

16 de noviembre de 2019

United States joins Nature and Plastic!

A warm welcome to the United States who joined Nature and Plastic this week! Many thanks to @biohexx1 for setting up the US Marine and Terrestrial projects. Already seeing some incredible, but sad observations.

White-tailed deer with a plastic jug caught on its antlers: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15122458

Endangered Hawksbill Sea Turtle trapped in fishing line:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24641

Publicado el noviembre 16, 2019 08:09 MAÑANA por jacqui-nz jacqui-nz | 1 comentario | Deja un comentario