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Tony R. Walker

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Professor, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada 🇨🇦 Editor, Cambridge Prisms: Plastics Born at 324 in 🇬🇧 #plasticpollution #singleuseplastic #microplastics #PlasticsTreaty #ClimateChange #SciComm #SciPol

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · Nov 19

Happy to share that I made the #Clarivate #HighlyCited2024 list!

#plasticpollution
#singleuseplastic
#microplastics
#PlasticsTreaty
#ClimateChange
#SciComm
#SciPol
@academic-chatter.bsky.social
@thephdplace.bsky.social

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 21h

UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#PlasticsTreaty
#UnitedNations
#UNEP
#PlasticPollution

UN plastics treaty chair to step down with process in turmoil

Exclusive: Luis Vayas Valdivieso says he is quitting for personal and professional reasons after reports of pressure behind the scenes

www.theguardian.com

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 22h

Plastic pollution is a worsening public health crisis, but there are solutions

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

#Plasticpollution
#PlasticsTreaty
#UnitedNations

Plastic pollution is a worsening public health crisis, but there are solutions

We need to put humans and the environment before corporate profits, writes Bethanie Carney Almroth Plastics have become a concern at the forefront of public environmental awareness campaigns and in ...

www.bmj.com

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 1d

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment

www.hive.co.uk/Product/Nish...

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 1d

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment

www.hugendubel.de/de/ebook_epu...

#Microplastics
#Nanoplastics
#Environment

glose.com

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 1d

"Edit a book. It'll be fun", they said.

After 2.5 years it'll finally be available in March 2026 👇

Microplastics and Nanoplastics in the Environment

glose.com/book/micropl...

#Microplastics
#Nanoplastics
#Environment

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 1d

Innovations in #Sustainable #Marine #Antibiofouling Solutions: A Review of Current Strategies and Future Directions | Cambridge Open Engage - doi.org/10.33774/coe...

Innovations in Sustainable Marine Antibiofouling Solutions: A Review of Current Strategies and Future Directions

Marine biofouling presents a significant challenge, leading to the development of various antibiofouling solutions. While effective, traditional methods pose environmental risks due to toxic substance...

doi.org

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 1d

Constraining global transport of perfluoroalkyl acids on sea spray aerosol using field measurements

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#foreverchemicals
#PFOA
#PFAS

Constraining global transport of perfluoroalkyl acids on sea spray aerosol using field measurements

The re-emission of certain PFAS from the oceans to air via sea spray is comparable to their emissions from other sources to air.

www.science.org

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

Wentworth is in Nova Scotia.

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 2d

Nice to be back in the woods at Ski Wentworth.

Nice trail run 🏃 up to High Head to see the Fall colours. 🍁🍂🍁

Now off for a mountain bike descent. 🚵

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning, Ski Wentworth!

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Rebecca Meagher @rkmeagher.bsky.social · 20d

First day back at work, and I have a new paper out! authors.elsevier.com/a/1lnmV2gKRh... A review of what we know and the many things we don't know about environmental enrichment for ruminants, with @drmariarorvang.bsky.social and two other lovely colleagues who are not on BlueSky. 🐐🐑🐄

authors.elsevier.com

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 3d

I will never, ever get tired of this view.

Ski Wentworth!

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 3d

No worries. Would love to visit sometime 🍁

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 3d

Oktoberfest at Ski Wentworth!

🍁🍺🍂🚴🍁🍺🍂

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning, Ski Wentworth!

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

The Hudson River (or any river) is not a dumping ground. Have we not learnt anything from the Love Canal?

Make the people making this decision drink water from the Hudson River.

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

45,000 gallons of #radioactive water from Indian Point nuclear plant could be discharged into #Hudson River as #Holtec wins lawsuit.
www.wionews.com/trending/45-...

#Pollution

45,000 gallons of radioactive water from Indian Point nuclear plant to be discharged into Hudson River

A company will release 45,000 gallons of radioactive water into the Hudson River from a New Jersey nuclear plant that was shut down in 2021. It argues it is perfectly safe, while critics say that it t...

www.wionews.com

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

The Hudson River (or any river) is not a dumping ground. Have we not learnt anything from the Love Canal?

Make the people making this decision drink water from the Hudson River.

Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 Hot off the press 👇

Emerging challenges of microplastic impacts to ecological health and climate change

authors.elsevier.com/c/1ltW3,asiD...

Open access until November 22 2025

#Microplastics
#Greenhousegasemissions
#Ecologicalrisk
#Climatechange
#Carboncycling
#Plasticpollution

authors.elsevier.com

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 4d

Why go to Vermont when you can visit Nova Scotia 🇨🇦 to see spectacular Fall colours?
🍁🍂🍁

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 5d

Where does the #carbon go? A new carbon balance method to assess what happens to #plastics under solar exposure

journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Where does the carbon go? A new carbon balance method to assess what happens to plastics under solar exposure

Plastic pollution is a major and global threat to ecosystems and human health, resulting from the spreading and breakdown of plastic litter in the environment. In an aquatic environment, the first cau...

journals.plos.org

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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 5d

Strategic land reallocation enhances #carbon sequestration and #biodiversity protection without compromising #agricultural productivity in Great Britain 🇬🇧

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Strategic land reallocation enhances carbon sequestration and biodiversity protection without compromising agricultural productivity in Great Britain - Communications Earth & Environment

Current land use in Great Britain is far from optimal for biodiversity protection, food production, and carbon sequestration, and multiple objective optimisation is needed to explore a set of land conversions to achieve all benefits, as indicated by an analysis using a high-resolution land use model.

www.nature.com

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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 6d

Microplastics reduce soil fertility and crop yields and boost production of a potent greenhouse gas, study shows
More than 90% of plastic waste ends up in the soil

phys.org/news/2025-10...