Green Dolphin Science
@greendolphinsci.bsky.social
🌍 Welcome to Green Dolphin Science! 🚀
We're a small team trying to make a cutting-edge & easy to understand environmental science and chemistry podcast. We dive deep into newly published research, break it down and make it accessible.
We're a small team trying to make a cutting-edge & easy to understand environmental science and chemistry podcast. We dive deep into newly published research, break it down and make it accessible.
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We had a brief pause in posting, but we're back and ready to dive into more fascinating discoveries.
Your support means the world, and we can't wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned, adventure awaits! #GreenDolphinScience
We had a brief pause in posting, but we're back and ready to dive into more fascinating discoveries.
Your support means the world, and we can't wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned, adventure awaits! #GreenDolphinScience
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This conference will also launch the new Kakadu National Park research strategy. Putting Traditional Owner perspective first in co-management. How to "hand back" land that's always been Aboriginal land, regardless of conservation scheme. @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB25
June 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This conference will also launch the new Kakadu National Park research strategy. Putting Traditional Owner perspective first in co-management. How to "hand back" land that's always been Aboriginal land, regardless of conservation scheme. @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB25
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Ok, the first full day of @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB25 starting now! Ricky Archer, Director of National Parks, Parks Australia. 1st Indigenous person to hold the role. Awesome!
June 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ok, the first full day of @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB25 starting now! Ricky Archer, Director of National Parks, Parks Australia. 1st Indigenous person to hold the role. Awesome!
Lettuce talk about pollution in your produce! 🥬🚗
Could heavy metals be hitchhiking onto your salad? Our latest video dives into a fascinating study on urban agriculture and contamination, where lead, cadmium, and other metals sneak into soil near busy roads.
Could heavy metals be hitchhiking onto your salad? Our latest video dives into a fascinating study on urban agriculture and contamination, where lead, cadmium, and other metals sneak into soil near busy roads.
Lettuce Not Ignore This: The Heavy Metal Hitchhikers In Your Salad
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June 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Lettuce talk about pollution in your produce! 🥬🚗
Could heavy metals be hitchhiking onto your salad? Our latest video dives into a fascinating study on urban agriculture and contamination, where lead, cadmium, and other metals sneak into soil near busy roads.
Could heavy metals be hitchhiking onto your salad? Our latest video dives into a fascinating study on urban agriculture and contamination, where lead, cadmium, and other metals sneak into soil near busy roads.
Thanks for your patience, science explorers! 🐬🔬
We had a brief pause in posting, but we're back and ready to dive into more fascinating discoveries.
Your support means the world, and we can't wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned, adventure awaits! #GreenDolphinScience
We had a brief pause in posting, but we're back and ready to dive into more fascinating discoveries.
Your support means the world, and we can't wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned, adventure awaits! #GreenDolphinScience
June 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Thanks for your patience, science explorers! 🐬🔬
We had a brief pause in posting, but we're back and ready to dive into more fascinating discoveries.
Your support means the world, and we can't wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned, adventure awaits! #GreenDolphinScience
We had a brief pause in posting, but we're back and ready to dive into more fascinating discoveries.
Your support means the world, and we can't wait to share what’s next. Stay tuned, adventure awaits! #GreenDolphinScience
Another day, and always more science to do!
We welcome everyone to our latest episode, exploring a recent study on mercury contamination in Antarctic marine species.
Dive in with us as we gain insights into mercury’s long-term impact on Antarctic ecosystems.
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Whales
We welcome everyone to our latest episode, exploring a recent study on mercury contamination in Antarctic marine species.
Dive in with us as we gain insights into mercury’s long-term impact on Antarctic ecosystems.
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Whales
A Whale of a Problem: Tracking Mercury in Marine Megafauna
YouTube video by Green Dolphin Science
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May 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Another day, and always more science to do!
We welcome everyone to our latest episode, exploring a recent study on mercury contamination in Antarctic marine species.
Dive in with us as we gain insights into mercury’s long-term impact on Antarctic ecosystems.
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Whales
We welcome everyone to our latest episode, exploring a recent study on mercury contamination in Antarctic marine species.
Dive in with us as we gain insights into mercury’s long-term impact on Antarctic ecosystems.
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Whales
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The Synthetic Age Began With a PR Crisis. Is our environment drowning in synthetics?
#Synthetics #Environment #Pollution
#Synthetics #Environment #Pollution
How the World Became Awash in Synthetics
It started in 1934, with a PR crisis.
www.theatlantic.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Synthetic Age Began With a PR Crisis. Is our environment drowning in synthetics?
#Synthetics #Environment #Pollution
#Synthetics #Environment #Pollution
Another great day for science.
Join us in our latest episode as we dive into a recent review of microplastics in European sea salts.
It was found that salt contamination depends on processing methods, with some containing more plastics than others.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #FoodSafety #Salt
Join us in our latest episode as we dive into a recent review of microplastics in European sea salts.
It was found that salt contamination depends on processing methods, with some containing more plastics than others.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #FoodSafety #Salt
Plastic in Every Pinch? What Studies Say About Microplastics in European Sea Salt
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May 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Another great day for science.
Join us in our latest episode as we dive into a recent review of microplastics in European sea salts.
It was found that salt contamination depends on processing methods, with some containing more plastics than others.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #FoodSafety #Salt
Join us in our latest episode as we dive into a recent review of microplastics in European sea salts.
It was found that salt contamination depends on processing methods, with some containing more plastics than others.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #FoodSafety #Salt
It would be wonderful to hear some good news on regulation of microplastics/nanoplastics, as well as the standard PFASs and POPs.
What can we expect from Canada’s 🇨🇦 new environment minister?
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
#toxicchemicals
#industrialpolllutants
#plasticstreaty
www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
#toxicchemicals
#industrialpolllutants
#plasticstreaty
What can we expect from Canada's new environment minister?
Action on toxic chemicals, industrial pollluter-pay rules and global plastics treaty negotiations should be on the new environment minister's to-do list.
www.hilltimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It would be wonderful to hear some good news on regulation of microplastics/nanoplastics, as well as the standard PFASs and POPs.
Dolphin communication is incredibly complex - very interesting research for sure!
Faces you hear? Dolphin ‘signature whistles’ may transmit more than just identity information
theconversation.com/faces-you-he...
theconversation.com/faces-you-he...
Faces you hear? Dolphin ‘signature whistles’ may transmit more than just identity information
Studying the information contained in dolphin whistles is crucial for our understanding of threats to their survival.
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Dolphin communication is incredibly complex - very interesting research for sure!
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Estimates of the monetary costs of invasive species are hampered by data gaps. Soto et al. use documented costs for 162 species to interpolate costs of those species for countries previously lacking data and derive global costs 1,646% higher than previous estimates www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Using species ranges and macroeconomic data to fill the gap in costs of biological invasions - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Estimates of the monetary costs of invasive species have been hampered by data gaps. These authors use documented costs for 162 species to interpolate costs of those species for countries previously l...
www.nature.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Estimates of the monetary costs of invasive species are hampered by data gaps. Soto et al. use documented costs for 162 species to interpolate costs of those species for countries previously lacking data and derive global costs 1,646% higher than previous estimates www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Another great day for science!
Join us in our latest episode as we discuss research on citizen science from Portugal. Strawberry plants were used as biomonitors, revealing trace metal pollution sources from traffic & industry.
#ChemSky #AirPollution #EnvironmentalScience #CitizenScience
Join us in our latest episode as we discuss research on citizen science from Portugal. Strawberry plants were used as biomonitors, revealing trace metal pollution sources from traffic & industry.
#ChemSky #AirPollution #EnvironmentalScience #CitizenScience
Berry Good Science: Citizen Science in Portugal Uncovers Air Pollution
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May 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Another great day for science!
Join us in our latest episode as we discuss research on citizen science from Portugal. Strawberry plants were used as biomonitors, revealing trace metal pollution sources from traffic & industry.
#ChemSky #AirPollution #EnvironmentalScience #CitizenScience
Join us in our latest episode as we discuss research on citizen science from Portugal. Strawberry plants were used as biomonitors, revealing trace metal pollution sources from traffic & industry.
#ChemSky #AirPollution #EnvironmentalScience #CitizenScience
A good afternoon to all!
We hope you enjoy our latest episode on a recent article investigating spiderwebs as passive pollution monitors for microplastics & chemical additives.
Dive in with us!
Arachnid Investigators: Nature’s Unexpected Pollution Detectives
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Spiders
We hope you enjoy our latest episode on a recent article investigating spiderwebs as passive pollution monitors for microplastics & chemical additives.
Dive in with us!
Arachnid Investigators: Nature’s Unexpected Pollution Detectives
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Spiders
Arachnid Investigators: Nature’s Unexpected Pollution Detectives
YouTube video by Green Dolphin Science
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May 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A good afternoon to all!
We hope you enjoy our latest episode on a recent article investigating spiderwebs as passive pollution monitors for microplastics & chemical additives.
Dive in with us!
Arachnid Investigators: Nature’s Unexpected Pollution Detectives
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Spiders
We hope you enjoy our latest episode on a recent article investigating spiderwebs as passive pollution monitors for microplastics & chemical additives.
Dive in with us!
Arachnid Investigators: Nature’s Unexpected Pollution Detectives
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Spiders
Join us as we crack open recent research into heavy metals in eggs.
A 2024 study near a gold mine in northern Thailand found Hg, Pb, Cd & Mn in eggs, especially from free-grazing ducks. What are the environmental and health implications?
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Eggs
A 2024 study near a gold mine in northern Thailand found Hg, Pb, Cd & Mn in eggs, especially from free-grazing ducks. What are the environmental and health implications?
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Eggs
The Scrambled Truth: Heavy Metals in Poultry Farms Near Thai Gold Mines
YouTube video by Green Dolphin Science
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May 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Join us as we crack open recent research into heavy metals in eggs.
A 2024 study near a gold mine in northern Thailand found Hg, Pb, Cd & Mn in eggs, especially from free-grazing ducks. What are the environmental and health implications?
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Eggs
A 2024 study near a gold mine in northern Thailand found Hg, Pb, Cd & Mn in eggs, especially from free-grazing ducks. What are the environmental and health implications?
#ChemSky #HeavyMetals #Eggs
Everyday play, plastic pollution & toy bricks?
Researchers found worn plastic blocks can release thousands of microplastics & nanoplastics per mm².
What does this mean for our indoor environments? Dive in with us as we discuss this fascinating 2024 paper.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Podcast
Researchers found worn plastic blocks can release thousands of microplastics & nanoplastics per mm².
What does this mean for our indoor environments? Dive in with us as we discuss this fascinating 2024 paper.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Podcast
Breaking Bricks, Making Microplastics: What Happens When Toy Bricks Break Down?
YouTube video by Green Dolphin Science
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May 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Everyday play, plastic pollution & toy bricks?
Researchers found worn plastic blocks can release thousands of microplastics & nanoplastics per mm².
What does this mean for our indoor environments? Dive in with us as we discuss this fascinating 2024 paper.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Podcast
Researchers found worn plastic blocks can release thousands of microplastics & nanoplastics per mm².
What does this mean for our indoor environments? Dive in with us as we discuss this fascinating 2024 paper.
#ChemSky #Microplastics #Podcast
Wastewater doesn’t lie!
This 2024 study used Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) to track drug trends across 12 European locations, detecting fentanyl, 3-MMC & 300+ New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
Find out what sewage tell us about shifting patterns?
#ChemSky #WBE #NPS #SewageScience
This 2024 study used Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) to track drug trends across 12 European locations, detecting fentanyl, 3-MMC & 300+ New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
Find out what sewage tell us about shifting patterns?
#ChemSky #WBE #NPS #SewageScience
From Sewage to Science: Monitoring Europe’s Drug Consumption
YouTube video by Green Dolphin Science
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May 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wastewater doesn’t lie!
This 2024 study used Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) to track drug trends across 12 European locations, detecting fentanyl, 3-MMC & 300+ New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
Find out what sewage tell us about shifting patterns?
#ChemSky #WBE #NPS #SewageScience
This 2024 study used Wastewater Based Epidemiology (WBE) to track drug trends across 12 European locations, detecting fentanyl, 3-MMC & 300+ New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).
Find out what sewage tell us about shifting patterns?
#ChemSky #WBE #NPS #SewageScience
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Meanwhile the Federal Government has learned zip, hiding a report that reveals emissions from Woodside's gas plant is causing damage to the Murujuga Aboriginal rock art. With over a million petroglyphs dating back more than 40,000 years, and under consideration for a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
Five years ago today, Rio Tinto deliberately destroyed Juukan Gorge.
These caves were not just ancient rock shelters; they were a repository of Indigenous history, culture & heritage that spanned over 46,000 years.
Tangible legal reform has yet to happen
#OTD #auspol
1earthmedia.com/five-years-a...
These caves were not just ancient rock shelters; they were a repository of Indigenous history, culture & heritage that spanned over 46,000 years.
Tangible legal reform has yet to happen
#OTD #auspol
1earthmedia.com/five-years-a...
Five years after the destruction of Juukan Gorge caves
In May 2020, the world was stunned as news broke that mining corporation Rio Tinto destroyed the ancient Juukan Gorge caves in Western Australia’s Pilbara region
1earthmedia.com
May 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Meanwhile the Federal Government has learned zip, hiding a report that reveals emissions from Woodside's gas plant is causing damage to the Murujuga Aboriginal rock art. With over a million petroglyphs dating back more than 40,000 years, and under consideration for a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
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Precision measurements collected on the International Space Station provide evidence of lithium’s origins in cosmic rays: cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky🧪
Cosmological lithium puzzle comes closer to being solved
Precision measurements collected on the International Space Station provide evidence of lithium’s origins in cosmic rays
cen.acs.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Precision measurements collected on the International Space Station provide evidence of lithium’s origins in cosmic rays: cen.acs.org/physical-che... #chemsky🧪
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The MAHA Report also says, “Despite the growth of the childhood vaccine schedule, there has been limited scientific inquiry into the links between vaccines and chronic disease…”
Oh, really, fellas? My cursory search on the government’s own website returned 20,771 papers on the topic.
Oh, really, fellas? My cursory search on the government’s own website returned 20,771 papers on the topic.
May 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The MAHA Report also says, “Despite the growth of the childhood vaccine schedule, there has been limited scientific inquiry into the links between vaccines and chronic disease…”
Oh, really, fellas? My cursory search on the government’s own website returned 20,771 papers on the topic.
Oh, really, fellas? My cursory search on the government’s own website returned 20,771 papers on the topic.
Nanoplastics don’t vanish, they accumulate.
A 2024 study reveals how Australian wastewater treatment plants remove over 90% of these tiny pollutants, only for them to end up in sewage sludge.
What does this mean for plastic pollution?
#EnvironmentalScience #ChemSky #SaveOurPlanet
A 2024 study reveals how Australian wastewater treatment plants remove over 90% of these tiny pollutants, only for them to end up in sewage sludge.
What does this mean for plastic pollution?
#EnvironmentalScience #ChemSky #SaveOurPlanet
Hidden Plastic Pollution: The Fate of Nanoplastics in Australian Wastewater
YouTube video by Green Dolphin Science
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May 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nanoplastics don’t vanish, they accumulate.
A 2024 study reveals how Australian wastewater treatment plants remove over 90% of these tiny pollutants, only for them to end up in sewage sludge.
What does this mean for plastic pollution?
#EnvironmentalScience #ChemSky #SaveOurPlanet
A 2024 study reveals how Australian wastewater treatment plants remove over 90% of these tiny pollutants, only for them to end up in sewage sludge.
What does this mean for plastic pollution?
#EnvironmentalScience #ChemSky #SaveOurPlanet
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Wild about wildlife? Submit your abstract for the SETAC North America 46th Annual Meeting! 👉 bit.ly/4c2NKse
May 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Wild about wildlife? Submit your abstract for the SETAC North America 46th Annual Meeting! 👉 bit.ly/4c2NKse
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Are surging shark sightings and strandings linked to South Australia’s toxic algal bloom?
Some have speculated there is a link, but it’s too soon to say, one expert says, with toxicology results expected to reveal more soon
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some have speculated there is a link, but it’s too soon to say, one expert says, with toxicology results expected to reveal more soon
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Are surging shark sightings and strandings linked to South Australia’s toxic algal bloom?
Some have speculated there is a link, but it’s too soon to say, one expert says, with toxicology results expected to reveal more soon
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Are surging shark sightings and strandings linked to South Australia’s toxic algal bloom?
Some have speculated there is a link, but it’s too soon to say, one expert says, with toxicology results expected to reveal more soon
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some have speculated there is a link, but it’s too soon to say, one expert says, with toxicology results expected to reveal more soon
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📚Big Biology Library!📚
🎙️Listen to our latest episode, Microplastics, macroproblems - Now available on Big Biology.
www.bigbiology.org/episodes/202...
#scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #toxicology #biology
🎙️Listen to our latest episode, Microplastics, macroproblems - Now available on Big Biology.
www.bigbiology.org/episodes/202...
#scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #toxicology #biology
May 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
📚Big Biology Library!📚
🎙️Listen to our latest episode, Microplastics, macroproblems - Now available on Big Biology.
www.bigbiology.org/episodes/202...
#scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #toxicology #biology
🎙️Listen to our latest episode, Microplastics, macroproblems - Now available on Big Biology.
www.bigbiology.org/episodes/202...
#scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #toxicology #biology
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HESI's @hesiglobal.bsky.social Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC) is seeking graduate students or postdoctoral fellows working in genetic-toxicology or genomics fields for the 2025 HESI GTTC Professional Development Award!
Learn More: connect.hesiglobal.org/3bqCXK
Learn More: connect.hesiglobal.org/3bqCXK
connect.hesiglobal.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
HESI's @hesiglobal.bsky.social Genetic Toxicology Technical Committee (GTTC) is seeking graduate students or postdoctoral fellows working in genetic-toxicology or genomics fields for the 2025 HESI GTTC Professional Development Award!
Learn More: connect.hesiglobal.org/3bqCXK
Learn More: connect.hesiglobal.org/3bqCXK
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"The Pacific is not a dumping ground."
Packaging Insights speaks to Dr. Rufino Varea, a specialist in marine ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment and director at the @canpacificislands.bsky.social, about the consequences of Coca-Cola’s move on Samoan communities and nature.
Packaging Insights speaks to Dr. Rufino Varea, a specialist in marine ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment and director at the @canpacificislands.bsky.social, about the consequences of Coca-Cola’s move on Samoan communities and nature.
Pacific environmental expert condemns Coca-Cola’s switch to plastic in Samoa
The UN has published a letter to Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, expressing concerns over the multinational bottling company’s transition from reusable glass packaging to plastic bottles in Samo...
www.packaginginsights.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
"The Pacific is not a dumping ground."
Packaging Insights speaks to Dr. Rufino Varea, a specialist in marine ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment and director at the @canpacificislands.bsky.social, about the consequences of Coca-Cola’s move on Samoan communities and nature.
Packaging Insights speaks to Dr. Rufino Varea, a specialist in marine ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment and director at the @canpacificislands.bsky.social, about the consequences of Coca-Cola’s move on Samoan communities and nature.
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"Guna women are being trained in marine biology and environmental sciences... Traditionally seen as cultural and societal stewards, women are now stepping into a new role as guardians of the reef, blending ancestral knowledge with modern marine science." oceanographicmagazine.com/features/wom...
Women of Coral: Leading change in Guna
Traditional knowledge and spiritual connection has empowered a new generation of women to protect the coral gardens of the Guna Yala comarca.
oceanographicmagazine.com
May 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
"Guna women are being trained in marine biology and environmental sciences... Traditionally seen as cultural and societal stewards, women are now stepping into a new role as guardians of the reef, blending ancestral knowledge with modern marine science." oceanographicmagazine.com/features/wom...