AI can be used for science, espetially when you need a break from super dense multitasking work that actually never ends. Btw, we have both sides in us, right? #StarWars

Let’s address some structural issues in plastic research: A) A large share of #microplastics & #nanoplastics papers are reviews, not primary data (doi.org/10.1016/j.en...) B) Some highly cited, widely publicised studies have critical flaws (e.g., missing proper blanks): doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Our #nanoplastics work was featured on the 7 pm news this Saturday (ORF TV, Austria). Follow the link for a 3-minute video. Too bad we had many coulds while shooting outside. #plastic #plasticpollution #microplastics salzburg.orf.at/stories/3316...

Let me show you the way to our micro and #nanoplastics sampling system. Sonnblick Observatory, 3106 m altitude. #microplastics

At 3106 m altitude! Nanoplastics measurement within the project NanoEU is now in its more polluted period - summer. #nanoplastics #microplastics

Our ocean #nanoplastics paper has been featured in Mongabay: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Our new Nature paper was covered in the New York Times. I like the angle of the story: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/c...

Our paper is out in Nature: “Nanoplastic concentrations across the North Atlantic”. An estimated 27 million tons of NPs are there, even at depths over 4500m. Huge thanks to my brilliant MSc student Sophie and the sampling support from NIOZ! @ufz.de @ufz-cite.bsky.social doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Conference in Pragur started today. It will be busy days with a lot of interesting talks. #Prague #microplastics

We sampled, analysed, and are now writing a paper about #nanoplastics in Loch Ness and surrounding rivers. Stay tuned, it is becoming a nice story. Btw, Scotland is lovely - go visit :). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A beutiful day in the #Alps. Try with the speaker on 🔊. This is where we continuously monitor #microplastics and #nanoplastics

Trying to celebrate for a couple of seconds. I always thought that if I worked hard and hit an h-index of 17–19, some nice things would happen in my career. I guess now we’ll find out.

It was a successful session at EGU25, “Atmospheric Microplastics and Nanoplastics”. Many nice presentations and posters. It was nice to see new trends in the field in action. #egu #microplastics #nanoplastics

Day and night in Vienna. EGU conference. To bad I am not spending a lot of time in this room - so many awesome talks and posters to see. #nanoplastics #microplastics

My view, now. All the days clowdy and now when I pack to go, is lovely. 😂 Unpredictable Alps🏔️

Continuing world-leading #nanoplastics monitoring project at Sonnblick Observatory, Austria - NanoEU+. All weather work ☀️❄️🏔️ We aim for high-resolution data and multi-year background levels of ultra-fine #microplastics and #nanoplastics.

Successfully finished a full year of #microplastics and #nanoplastics sampling at Sonnblick Observatory, Austria (3106 m a.s.l). Many thanks to Dr. Elke Ludewig (GeoSphere Austria), InteracTA funding for the NanoEU project, and the station technicians who supported the sampling.

Heading again to the Sonnblick Observatory, Alps 3100 m. We have a micro- and nanoplastic sampling project. And it is snowing ❄️🏔️ #nanoplastics #microplastics

An interesting PhD position in atmospheric #microplastics in France: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/317781

Interesting PhD project about #nanoplastics detection in France: "The central objective is to improve detection sensitivity thanks to this autofluorescence property, targeting particles as small as 30 nm in diameter." euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/312830

Two PhD positions in Iceland. #microplastics in glaciers. Remote, snow.... perfect for the right person. jobs.50skills.com/ru/en/34335

We have a preprint in review about #microplastics and #nanoplastics in human tonsils. See doi.org/10.21203/rs.... The quantity and type of MPs and NPs vary greatly from person to person. And, no, It is not just PE plastics (false positive artefacts) Why this much variation?

Going through something… But a good coping mechanism is beer #brewing 😂

Visiting a lab in Lund, Sweden 🇸🇪 . Colegues here produce #nanoplastics and get their size distribution by shooting laser and seeing the Brownian motion. #microplastics

Before each fasting period in Germany (I wouldn't know) our head of the department Prof. T. Reemtsma always stuffs the office kitchen with donuts. I think I will adopt the gesture!

Cleaning capilaries, repairing/servicing ovens and electronics. It is not easy to make TD-PTR-MS contantly run with good efficiency. I am just waiting to see somebody trying to fast-replicate the work of our labs and the comments about how impossible it is :) #microplastics

Super important methodological implications for studies on #microplastics in humans, which currently tend to overestimate microplastic levels if Pyrolysis–Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry is used, especcially for fatty tissues. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Our article on #nanoplastics in Alpine glaciers (www.nature.com/articles/s41...) has been featured in The Guardian! 🌍❄️ Citizen science with strong quality control! @dpcarrington.bsky.social #microplastics Read more: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Scientists don't have time to ask themselves hard questions! The brain #microplastic paper is a joke: Fat makes false positive PE - see missing high m/z ions in PyGCMS. The brain has ~60% fat, and the liver has ~5%, so that is why there are ~10x more "plastics" in the brain. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Look at our video about "Unique Wonders of the Dolphins in the Gulf of Corinth. I was lucky to be part of the 2023 expedition where we sampled for #nanoplastics #microplastics youtu.be/1lUhjckyOYg?...

It is weird how making own bread gives satisfaction. Selected my wild yeast and added some more steps in the process. This is my best so far.

Finally found an inexpensive and plastic-free way to make a good, fast (press the button), coffee in my office. #microplastics

This line is striking! In the place where I grew up, nothing was the same afterwards—less snow, no white Christmas, no -20°C in late January, and no slow snowmelt in February or March. It became impossible to build a snowman and have it last a week! #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming

Our article "Using a citizen science approach to assess nanoplastics pollution in remote high-altitude glaciers" is in the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric. Stay tuned, as we expect at least two more news articles. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Was teaching today at uni of Leipzig. This is a 120+ old place, even Nobel Laureate Svante Arrhenius gave lectures here. Let me show you around...

Schoch Whisky rough student/test experiment. Singleton 12, Jura 10 and JW black 12 share some semivolatile (not the nose, rather deep finish) aroma. Old Pulteney 10 is similar but a bit more fruity. I agree with my TD-PTR-MS. #whisky #whiskey

A peek into our results from a new paper published yesterday! 🏔️ The most dominant type of artificial polymer found across glaciers in the Alps is tyre nanoparticles. 🛞 Why tyre? Any ideas? Trafic...burning...what else? #nanoplastics #microplastics doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Our new paper just got published in SciReports. Mountaineers HLR_2022 sampled during an expedition (very little contamination - well done), and my MS student did the analysis (excellent work, Leo), N.Evangeliou led modelling. #nanoplastics #microplastics doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Doing some yeast microbiology. This sour bread starter turned out really well. Around 10 days selecting/growing and now is quite fast. Should I keep the strain for whisky? :)

When you design the instrument based on the open source parts, then eventually things start breaking! Then you realise you were smart back in the day and ordered many spare parts. We are back in the #nanoplastic ‘business’, with just one day gap. #microplastics

Just ~100km north of the Adriatic Sea is Bosnia 🇧🇦 - the land of mountains and snow (totally white these days).

Merry Christmas from Split, Croatia. On my way to big snow of Bosnia. But now mild Adriatic Sea weather.

Exciting news! My PhD student Milena just completed her first full experiment. Using snow samples from the Alps, collected during the @HLR_2022 citizen science expedition,we detected significant levels of #nanoplastic pollution. A big step forward in understanding environmental impacts!

We can now measure PTFE (Teflon) nanoparticles with TD-PTR-MS. Still much to improve, but we are making some progress... :) This, below, is from a remote Glacier in the Alps - a remarkable similarity. #nanoplastics #microplastics

My PhD student just published her paper on #microplastics extraction from matrix-demanding and constantly changing riverine samples. Well done, Orasai!!! doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

Got this from a store, went home, opened it and there was no game inside!!!! Noooooooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!

To me, this is a new level of scientific fraud. We need to protect the science. www.science.org/content/arti...

If you are in Germany, or driving through these days, …. you might want to stop by Kaufland and pick up this….. I got one. Should I take 5 more 😂

The Web of Science is currently evaluating journals. It is possible that some journals no longer meet the criteria to remain ISI-listed (journals with an impact factor), such as Science of the Total Environment, Chemosphere and Heliyon. I don't disagree! :)

My guys from the lab took some photos when I was showing them how to take ultra-small plant samples for #nanoplastic analysis. They say I look sometimes too serious. 😂