Prof. Richard C Thompson OBE FRS
@ProfRThompson
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Leads International Marine Litter Research Unit at University of Plymouth. Over 20 years researching marine litter and was the first to describe microplastics.
Plymouth, England
Joined January 2019
RT @PlymUniMI: 🎓Calling aspiring marine researchers with bold ideas!.Our SERVO #PhD studentships empower solutions-driven research addressi….
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Delighted to be presenting on this panel at #UNOC3 about the need for robust international standards to help ensure the plastics we use are essential to society, and are far safer and more sustainable than at present. Appropriate labelling can then support trade in those products
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Fantastic to be here at the 1st International Forum of Marine Universities, part of #UNOC 3. Excellent discussions trans disciplinary research bringing together universities globally to address the environmental challenges faced by our oceans and to train the next generation
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RT @Imogennapper: 🌊🗑️🛰️ A new life highlight: telling UK Parliament we’re living in a litter sandwich. Plastic below in the ocean, debris a….
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Fantastic to be part of the @PlymUni team presenting on the potential links between plastic pollution and liver disease at #EASLcongress2025
@ProfRThompson @TIME @uniplymouth @AleksanderKrag @DebbieShawcros1 @aelsharkawy75 @Yujun__Wong @Apichatka @LorenzaRimassa @SagiZelber @ThomasBerg24 Microplastics may act as endocrine disruptors & affect the gut microbiome. ℹ️Rise in liver disease parallels increasing marine plastic waste, but is it causal? We don’t know yet.🤷. 🤝 Progress will require collaboration: chemists, toxicologists, microbiome researchers & more.
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Delighted to be presenting on plastic pollution at 10th @OurOceanOOC Conference. I presented at the 1st hosted by John Kerry. It’s reassuring plastics are in the spotlight but progress is disappointing. We urgently need a strong global treaty to end plastic pollution
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RT @PlymUni: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS, who led the first study using the term microplastics to describe the microscopic fragments….
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RT @NakedScientists: It's time for a new series of Titans of Science, kicking off with marine biologist @ProfRThompson of the @PlymUni, who….
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A career studying microplastic pollution, and how we can deal with it...
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RT @plasticpieces: LAST 8 HOURS !!! to PRE-ORDER my new book and prints that will create extra funds allowing me to add gold gilt edges to….
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RT @PlymUni: Scientists from University of Plymouth part of ambitious study to explore effects of offshore wind farms on ocean life 🪸🐠🌊🍃.ht….
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RT @PlymUniMI: Exciting #PhD #studentship @PlymUni predicting the effects of #heatwaves on intertidal animals using a physiological approac….
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Amazing team of researchers from @PlymUni, other UK universities and colleagues from across Indonesia meet in Java to collaborate in the @UKRI_News @PISCESnews GCRF project to help tackle plastic pollution in Indonesia
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Impassioned plea by Panama alongside all high ambition countries at the global plastic treaty negotiations in Busan. We can’t be dragged down by those with low ambition. Treaty must reduce plastic production & address chemicals of concern. Its not a waste a management treaty
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Just some of the evidence why we need all nations negotiating her in Busan to support a strong treaty to end plastic pollution. For the sake of the planet and future generations we cannot be dragged down by shortsightedness and low ambition.
An estimated 10-40 mn tonnes of microplastics enter the environment each year. Once in the environment, #microplastics will be all but impossible to remove; they will persist and continue to have impacts, says @ProfRThompson. Read on:
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The 5th session of the Intergovernmental negotiating committee #INC5 opens in Busan. The science is very clear, it’s time to act! Let’s hope the 180+ nations present take this once in a planet opportunity, and agree on a strong and binding treaty to end plastic pollution!
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What an amazing evening for @PlymUni two finalists awards at Green Gowns 2024 competition in Edinburgh.
Winner of the Research with Impact sponsored by @PraxisAuril: . 🏆University of Plymouth🏆. Project: Sources, effects, solutions – alerting the world to microplastics
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RT @PlymUni: Our nominees at the @greengowns tonight - @ProfRThompson who leads our #microplastics research, and Environmental Science grad….
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Fantastic to host @royalsociety for discussion & presentations on our key policy relevant research. Day 1 included ORE, plastic pollution, food security, MPA’s, coastal protection natural capital @thembauk @PlymouthMarine @PlymUni
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RT @brkfreeplastic: Did you know that developed countries send their trash to developing countries, such as those in the Asia Pacific regio….
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