We talk about our Microplastics Sampler in ConCiencia Canaria – TelevisiónCanaria

ConcienciaCanaria is a docuseries on technology, science and ecology that addresses different issues such as climate change and habitat conservation and shows how the archipelago is a world reference in different areas of research, including the study and mitigation of the impacts of microplastics. The first chapter, that was broadcast last night on Televisión Canaria, Continúa leyendo

APP-AMBIENTAL: a novel tool designed by the ULPGC to record environmental impacts

APP-Ambiental is a web application developed to assess the magnitude of possible environmental impacts arising from tourist activity in areas of high environmental value and vulnerable. Developed by the Research Group on Technologies, Management and Environmental Biogeochemistry of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It allows to record and assess the environmental impacts Continúa leyendo

New publication: a microplastic sampling method for opportunity vessels

Broad scale sampling methods for microplastic monitoring in the open ocean waters remain a challenge in oceanography, as a large number of samples is required to understand the distribution, abundance and fate of these particles in the environment. As a result of the research work carried out by Ph.D. student Tania Montoto within the Research Continúa leyendo