News Archive
11/2022: Press release of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology link
11/2022: Press release of the University of Koblenz-Landau (award ceremony) link
02/2022: rbb radio report
12/2021: BR24 radio report
12/2021: EUWID Wasser und Abwasser link
12/2021: Press release of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology Neuartige Plastikverschmutzungen in Gewässern link
11/2021: Interview by the SWR link
11/2021: Press release of the University of Koblenz-Landau Farbsplitter als häufigstes Mikroplastik in marinen Schnecken link
09/2021: The New York Times, USA link
03/2021: “Science for Environment Policy”:European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service, edited by SCU, The University of the West of England, Bristol. link
10/2020: Press release of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas
Read more: link
10/2020: Press release of the Liverpool John Moores University Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas
Read more: link
09/2020: Prevented Ocean Plastic House of Plastic: How some of the earth’s smallest inhabitants are using microplastics as building materials
Read more: link
5/2020: Atlas Obscura These Bugs Armor Themselves in Tiny Shards of Colorful Trash
Read more: link
5/2020: Arstechnica The Plastic Age —Caddis fly larvae are now building shelters out of microplastics
Read more: link
5/2020: Replicário As larvas da mosca caddis agora estão construindo abrigos com microplásticos
Read more: link
5/2020: Lifesly Blog Mysterious underwater insect uses microplastics to build protective microshelters
5/2020: Daily Mail (UK) Revealed: Caddis flies uses plastic waste from their surroundings to build shells but the new protective layer actually makes it EASIER for predators to attack the mysterious underwater insects
Read more: link
5/2020: Wired Magazine (USA) This Bizarre Insect Is Building Shelters Out of Microplastic
Read more: link
11/2019: Mittelmeer Journal Plastik-Gestein breitet sich auch im Mittelmeer aus
11/2019: The Conversation UK Nigerian river snails carry more microplastics than Rhine snails
Read more: link
11/2019: Forbes Magazine Marine Pollution Is Creating A New Kind Of Plastic-Rocks
Read more: link
11/2019: Focus (Italy) Due nuovi tipi di plastica stanno inquinando il Mediterraneo
Read more: link
11/2019: Website of the University Koblenz-Landau Erstmaliger Nachweis von Plastikrusten und Pyroplastik an der Küste der italienischen Insel Giglio
11/2019: MDR Wissen Plastik-Gestein breitet sich auch im Mittelmeer aus
Read more: link
11/2019: Technologie Média Deux types de plastique ont été trouvé en Méditerranée
Read more: link
11/2019: Spektrum.de Plastikrusten breiten sich aus
Read more: link
11/2019: Deutschlandfunk Nova Plastikmüll - Blaue Kruste auf löcherigem Felsen
Read more: link
11/2019: New Scientist Magazine Two types of plastic pollution found in Mediterranean for first time
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2223370-two-types-of-plastic-pollution-found-in-mediterranean-for-first-time/#ixzz65GYXb1VQ
10/2017: F1000 Research Blog Purple is possible, but rare (link)
08/2017: Marine Ecology Lab presents at Annual Congress of the Ecological Society of America (link)
06/2017: World Oceans Day event at the StFX Biology dept. (link)
11/2022: Press release of the University of Koblenz-Landau (award ceremony) link
02/2022: rbb radio report
12/2021: BR24 radio report
12/2021: EUWID Wasser und Abwasser link
12/2021: Press release of the German Federal Institute of Hydrology Neuartige Plastikverschmutzungen in Gewässern link
11/2021: Interview by the SWR link
11/2021: Press release of the University of Koblenz-Landau Farbsplitter als häufigstes Mikroplastik in marinen Schnecken link
09/2021: The New York Times, USA link
03/2021: “Science for Environment Policy”:European Commission DG Environment News Alert Service, edited by SCU, The University of the West of England, Bristol. link
10/2020: Press release of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas
Read more: link
10/2020: Press release of the Liverpool John Moores University Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas
Read more: link
09/2020: Prevented Ocean Plastic House of Plastic: How some of the earth’s smallest inhabitants are using microplastics as building materials
Read more: link
5/2020: Atlas Obscura These Bugs Armor Themselves in Tiny Shards of Colorful Trash
Read more: link
5/2020: Arstechnica The Plastic Age —Caddis fly larvae are now building shelters out of microplastics
Read more: link
5/2020: Replicário As larvas da mosca caddis agora estão construindo abrigos com microplásticos
Read more: link
5/2020: Lifesly Blog Mysterious underwater insect uses microplastics to build protective microshelters
5/2020: Daily Mail (UK) Revealed: Caddis flies uses plastic waste from their surroundings to build shells but the new protective layer actually makes it EASIER for predators to attack the mysterious underwater insects
Read more: link
5/2020: Wired Magazine (USA) This Bizarre Insect Is Building Shelters Out of Microplastic
Read more: link
11/2019: Mittelmeer Journal Plastik-Gestein breitet sich auch im Mittelmeer aus
11/2019: The Conversation UK Nigerian river snails carry more microplastics than Rhine snails
Read more: link
11/2019: Forbes Magazine Marine Pollution Is Creating A New Kind Of Plastic-Rocks
Read more: link
11/2019: Focus (Italy) Due nuovi tipi di plastica stanno inquinando il Mediterraneo
Read more: link
11/2019: Website of the University Koblenz-Landau Erstmaliger Nachweis von Plastikrusten und Pyroplastik an der Küste der italienischen Insel Giglio
11/2019: MDR Wissen Plastik-Gestein breitet sich auch im Mittelmeer aus
Read more: link
11/2019: Technologie Média Deux types de plastique ont été trouvé en Méditerranée
Read more: link
11/2019: Spektrum.de Plastikrusten breiten sich aus
Read more: link
11/2019: Deutschlandfunk Nova Plastikmüll - Blaue Kruste auf löcherigem Felsen
Read more: link
11/2019: New Scientist Magazine Two types of plastic pollution found in Mediterranean for first time
Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2223370-two-types-of-plastic-pollution-found-in-mediterranean-for-first-time/#ixzz65GYXb1VQ
10/2017: F1000 Research Blog Purple is possible, but rare (link)
08/2017: Marine Ecology Lab presents at Annual Congress of the Ecological Society of America (link)
06/2017: World Oceans Day event at the StFX Biology dept. (link)