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While #AdriftLab's research primarily focuses on the effects of #PlasticPollution, sometimes our projects dont go according to plan. Adapting to changing situations is an important skill in science, and so...that's precisely what we did for our newest project
August 25, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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Excited to share #AdriftLab’s newest publication, endorsed by the Ocean Best Practices System, which provides harmonised guidelines for #microplastic research in coastal environments

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

#PlasticPollution #MonitoringMethods #MarineScience
Frontiers | A field and laboratory manual for sampling, processing and reporting microplastics in coastal and marine environments
Global interest in microplastics is increasing, with numerous organisations collecting data on microplastics in the environment. However, disparate sampling,...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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#AdriftLab's newest article isn't about islands or plastics (well, maybe a little). It's about the challenges of being a scientist while having a #disability. Please take a moment to consider what your lab can do to make life a little more inclusive www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
Disability in ecology and evolution
In this TrendsTalk series 'Disability in ecology and evolution' in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, we will be hearing from people about their experiences being disabled in ecology and evolution. We a...
www.cell.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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#AdriftLab’s newest paper: using #ARUs to establish #migration #phenology in nocturnal #shearwaters in #Tasmania
ace-eco.org/vol20/iss1/a...
Avian Conservation and Ecology: The efficacy of acoustic indices in detecting the post-migration return of Short-tailed Shearwaters (<em>Ardenna tenuirostris</em>) to their colonies
The migratory timings of many seabirds are shifting because of climate change, and viable methods to quantify these patterns are required. Using acoustic recording units (ARUs) to detect vocalizations...
ace-eco.org
June 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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#AdriftLab’s new office/lab space coming soon!! Excited to host our beloved #WritingRetreats surrounded by >100 acres of #Tasmanian #wilderness
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April 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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#AdriftLab’s AMAZING #PhD student, Alix, just had TWO papers accepted for publication in the same week!🎉💪🙌 Stay tuned for HUGE new research (big journal) on how #microplastics & #nanoplastics impact #wildlife health
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February 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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#AdriftLab’s newest paper highlights the discovery of #CoconutCrab #RobberCrab in the #PitcairnIslands.

#SouthPacific #MPAs #HendersonIsland #DucieAtoll

www.publish.csiro.au/PC/PC24043
New distribution records of the coconut crab (Birgus latro) in eastern Polynesia on Oeno Atoll, Henderson Island, and Ducie Atoll, Pitcairn Islands
Coconut (or robber) crabs (Birgus latro) are found throughout the Indo-Pacific, including as far east as the Gambier Islands, French Polynesia, though the eastern edge of their range is poorly defined...
www.publish.csiro.au
November 11, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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#AdriftLab’s newest paper is essential to #plastics monitoring and method development, please share ♻️🧪
#contamination #laboratory #wildlife #LabWork #FieldWork
adriftlab.bsky.social Adrift Lab (Marine Science) @adriftlab.bsky.social · Dec 21
#AdriftLab’s NEW PAPER is essential reading for anyone doing #microplastics or #nanoplastics #research & #monitoring! Our paper highlights sources of contamination in common #laboratory samples and procedures – importantly, it also proposes robust mitigation strategies doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
Redirecting
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December 21, 2023 at 1:38 PM
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#AdriftLab’s NEW PAPER is essential reading for anyone doing #microplastics or #nanoplastics #research & #monitoring! Our paper highlights sources of contamination in common #laboratory samples and procedures – importantly, it also proposes robust mitigation strategies doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 21, 2023 at 1:35 PM
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#AdriftLab’s newest paper addresses an important issue: how to objectively determine the #colour of #plastic items ingested by #wildlife ♻️🎨 A fantastic #interdisciplinary #collaboration led by @jobium.bsky.social & Gabbi who share first-author position 👏
tinyurl.com/ytrcyr8m
Quantitative photography for rapid, reliable measurement of marine macro‐plastic pollution
Plastics are now ubiquitous in the environment and have been studied in wildlife and in ecosystems for more than 50 years. Measurement of size, shape and colour data for individual fragments of pl.....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 8, 2023 at 9:34 PM
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Ep 1 of “What’s killing the birds?” featuring #AdriftLab’s own research is now live and free to watch on ABC Nightline!! 🎬🐦🏝♻️
#PlasticPollution #seabirds
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Video What’s killing the birds? Part 1: Scientists find a disturbing eco trend
Researchers studying the flesh footed shearwater off the Australian coast are finding hundreds of plastic particles inside the birds.
abcnews.go.com
December 7, 2023 at 11:29 AM
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Today the #BeachedBird #MassMortality event really hit home. One of #AdriftLab’s long-time partners found a FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER dead on a Sydney beach. The bird had a metal band on its leg, attached by Adrift Lab in 2017. HOW TO REPORT? ➡️ adriftlab.org/news/reporti...
November 17, 2023 at 4:46 AM