PLASTIC BUSTERS INITIATIVE: Tackling marine litter in the Mediterranean since 2013 The Plastic Busters Initiative aims to provide a concrete opportunity to like-minded projects addressing the whole management cycle of marine litter to get together and fully explore the potential … Read More
Scientific reports Article number: 15775 (2019) Doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52292-5 Abstract: Microplastics have become pervasive environmental pollutants in both freshwater and marine ecosystems. The presence of microplastics have been recorded in the tissues of many wild fish species, and laboratory studies have demonstrated that microplastics … Read More
The COMMON project aims at applying the ICZM principles to the marine litter management, improving the environmental performance of 5 pilot coastal areas in Italy (2), Tunisia (2) and Lebanon (1), testing a model that could be transferred to the … Read More
Marine Pollution Bullettin Volume: 140 Pages: 129-137 ISSN: 0025-326X Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.005 Authors: Dario Giani, Matteo Baini, Matteo Galli, Silvia Casini, Maria Cristina Fossi Abstract: The gastrointestinal tracts of 229 demersal fish belonging to two species (Mullus barbatus, Merluccius merluccius) were … Read More
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Professor Maria Cristina Fossi will organize and participate at the SETAC 2018 special session “8.02 Harmful effects of plastic litter and mitigation strategies in the Mediterranean Sea“. This special session envisages to showcase the Mediterranean answer to the global problem of marine litter … Read More
PlasticBusters MPAs Med Interreg project deploys the multidisciplinary strategy and common framework of action developed within the Plastic Busters initiative led by UNISI SDSN Mediterranean (Prof. M. Cristina Fossi) since 2013. Read more
Researchers from the US, Australia and Italy, in a study published in in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, looked at data on threats to large filter feeders from microplastics. Summary Microplastic pollution can impact filter-feeding marine megafauna, namely … Read More
The 6th Connective Cities Webinar on Solid Waste Management in 2017 concerns the topic Ban on the Use, Production and Sale of Plastic Bags and takes place on Wednesday, 6th December 2017. The webinar will focus on the ban on plastic bags introduced in Kenya as well as … Read More
Professor Maria Cristina Fossi, as one the scientists who took part to the film, was invited at the screening and discussion of the film “A Plastic Ocean” on November 13 2017 at Harvard University, United States of America . Read more