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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Jan 19

📏 #Harmonization in #macrolitter and #macroplastic studies is pivotal to comparing results and providing insights to mitigate #plasticpollution. Here, 🏞️ we provided a harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated #riverine #habitats.

🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Riparian vegetation plastic monitoring: A harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated riverine habitats

Many studies highlighted that rivers transported land-based plastics to the sea. However, most of the litter remains stuck in the fluvial ecosystem, a…

www.sciencedirect.com

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Sep 3

Interesting! Removing (not all) plastics is tricky, but this are first steps to remove it from the Environment 🤟🏼 next studies need to work and validate on removing and recycling large quantities of waste (not just few grams)

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Aug 29

(Considering that single-use plastic production should be banned and replaced by sustainable alternatives)

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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hardly and tricky, but there are still some scientists working on it, from degradation by fungi or bacteria to the use of barriers for larger waste items. Let's see if scientists, policy, politicians and lifestyle will succeed to mitigate plastic pollution in the next years 🧐

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉We're glad to share our latest paper on #microplastics in #bees with you.

🐝What about #pollination hindered by MPs in urban and rural sites?

💥Great collaboration with @abdaltunisik and @Damia_Barcelo

Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#research #Academia #AcademicBluesky

Pollination under attack: First insights from Türkiye Plain reveal microplastics in bees from both urban and rural areas

The increasing production and environmental release of plastics have led to the widespread presence of microplastics (MPs) in diverse ecosystems. Poll…

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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · Aug 15

Following 10 days of negotiations, #INC5 talks to develop a global #PlasticsTreaty adjourned on 15 August in Geneva without consensus on a text of the instrument.

Negotiations will resume at a future date to be announced: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

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Therese Karlsson, PhD @theresekarlsson.bsky.social · Aug 15

"We cannot continue to favor oil industry profits over the health of our children and grandchildren,” said Pamela Miller, IPEN Co-chair.

stoppoisonplastic.org/blog/despite...

Despite Wide Agreement on the Need to Address the Plastics Crisis, Oil States Derail Efforts for a Global Plastics Treaty - IPEN International Pollutants Elimination Network

Geneva-The Plastics Treaty INC-5.2 negotiations closed today without an agreement, despite the majority of nations calling for meaningful, global

stoppoisonplastic.org

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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · May 29

Thanks for the #brainstorming sessions and field trip to such amazing locations. Good food everywhere! All perfect, glad for this! 🎉🤟🏼🏞️🔥

@AniaZielonka @PAN_akademia

#research #Academic #bluesky #plastics #pollution #poland

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · May 29

Honoured to be an invited #researcher at @INCPoland to visit @maciejliro.bsky.social and his team.

🍃I shared my research lines and my work in @riparianet through my #workshop on #plastic transport and retention in #rivers 🏞️

🙏🏼Thanks for this unique experience in #Krakow and surroundings!

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · May 17

mdpi.com/2073-4441/17/1… @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.socia#RomaTrere#ecologyg#researchc#Academici#openaccesss#saturdaysciencec#Sciencece

https://mdpi.com/2073-4441/17/1…

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · May 17

🎉 Happy to share our last review on #alien #crayfish in transitional and marine waters.

🦐 Procambarus clarkii found in marine waters in central #Italy #sea.

⚠️ #Invasive crayfish may threaten those new invaded habitats.

What about this new #invasion pathway?

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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · May 9

🎉Glad to work together with @maciejliro.bsky.social on #plastics trapped by woody jams in the Aniene river in central #Italy.

🪾Here we found that #macroplastics retained by woody jams can be higher that accumulation due to other type of #vegetation.

#research #academicchatter #rivers

maciejliro.bsky.social @maciejliro.bsky.social · May 9

Together with Luca Gallitelli @riverinelitter.bsky.social, we show that wood jams can retain up to 600× more macroplastic than channel sediments. We introduce the term plastic-wood jam to describe this phenomenon. doi.org/10.1007/s107... #Macroplastics #Hydrobiologia #RiverPollution
@ncn.gov.pl

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · May 7

🏞️ #EGU25: Glad to present our last results on #plastic retention by riparian #vegetation across #European #rivers from #Riparianet project.

🙏 I thank all the colleagues to provide many feedback and questions! Keep in touch for collaboration!

🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...

Abstract EGU25-1025

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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · Mar 22

Water for the planet 🌎
Water for nature 🐸
Water for people 👪

There can be no life on Earth without clean water.

The EU is reviewing rules to improve water quality by reducing pollutants. End goal: #ZeroPollution by 2050.

🔗 europa.eu/!qdGdRM

#WorldWaterDay

Water

Learn what the EU does to protect water resources and ecosystems, and ensure that drinking and bathing water is clean.

www.consilium.europa.eu

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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Mar 22

🔗www.freshwatersciences.eu/effs/index.asp?page=NEWS&Id=6&IdItem=293&p=#ContenT

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Mar 22

#WorldWaterDay

With over 450 scientists, I am standing up for safe and #cleanwater in #Europe.

We urge @EU_Commission, @EUCouncil, and @Europarl_EN to address increasing #pollution in EU’s freshwater ecosystems in upcoming negotiations and #WFD.

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Feb 24

Here is the link to the research: link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12302-025-01065-1

@scinews.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social
#research #nature

Distribution of microplastics in tadpoles, adults, and habitats of three water frogs of Pelophylax spp. - Environmental Sciences Europe

Microplastics (MPs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants, and amphibians are especially susceptible owing to their dual aquatic and terrestrial life cycle and permeable integument. This research ...

link.springer.com

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Feb 24

🔬New research highlights #microplastics in #tadpoles (0.01 MP/ind), adults (1.52 MP/ind), and habitats of three water #frogs of Pelophylax spp.

🏭Interestingly, elevated quantities of MPs were identified in areas with considerable human activity, such as #İstanbul.

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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Feb 10

💀 #Microplastics are everywhere, but now also in our #skeleton!

📝Recent #research reveals that MPs accumulate in #human intervertebral discs, #bones, and cartilage.

⚕️What about any #health implications?

🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412025000674

#humanhealth @who.int

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Feb 9

Interesting (sad) new research reveals that nano and #microplastics can be accumulated in #human brains! Authors also found an increased MNP concentrations over time in both liver and #brain samples.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SundayScience @nature.com

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Feb 9

Terribly hot.

#January2025 was the hottest January on #record since 1940 and likely the hottest January in the last 120,000 years, at 1.745°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline.

#Drought, #floods, #foodsupply: what about the consequences of this 1.7°?

#climatechange #Science

David Johnson @infpwriter.bsky.social · Feb 8

January 2025 was the hottest on record (Global monthly temperature anomalies, relative to a 1850 -1900 baseline).

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Jan 27

🎉Happy to share with you one of my last #PhD paper - just accepted for publication on @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

🍃We applied the three-dimensional vegetation index (3DVI) to #plasticentrapment by #plants.

🔗Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#macroplastic #paper #research #openaccess

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Jan 19

We urgently need a #PlasticTreaty, adding all possible #threats from contaminants to #mitigation actions. How might it be effectively possible?

#plasticstreaty #stopplasticpollution #plasticpollution

Andrés Del Castillo #PlasticsTreaty @andresdelcas.bsky.social · Jan 13

Optimism for a global #plasticstreaty
READ: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Optimism for a global plastics treaty

The lack of consensus at the United Nations (UN) global plastics treaty negotiations in December may seem like a setback, but declaring the talks a failure is premature. The process has not collapsed ...

www.science.org

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Jan 19

Actually not as I'm focusing more on indicators of microplastic pollution and macroplastic retention in freshwater and coastal habitats, but it's an important topic. Are you studying it?

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Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Jan 19

Riparian vegetation plastic monitoring: A harmonized protocol for sampling macrolitter in vegetated riverine habitats

Many studies highlighted that rivers transported land-based plastics to the sea. However, most of the litter remains stuck in the fluvial ecosystem, a…

www.sciencedirect.com

Dr Luca Gallitelli, PhD @riverinelitter.bsky.social · Jan 15

To know more on my research, please visit this link: www.researchgate.net/profile/Luca...