Plastics & oil pollution, birds, citizen science, Arctic. @BirdsDebris manager & https://xitter.cf/t.co/wKUoWRKSvD On bluesky: @drneiljames.bsky.social
Thurso, Scotland
Joined November 2015
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Dr Neil James retweeted
Roll up, roll up, time to send in your abstracts for the #GlobalNightjarNetwork Virtual conference 2024!
Abstracts now being accepted!
All info in the image below - please get in touch with me, or any of the committee at [email protected].
Dr Neil James retweeted
New paper alert! 🚨
The third paper to come out of my #PhD has just been published with my supervisors as co-authors: @TheLabAndField, @Reichman_Lab, and @SeabirdSentinel (big thanks to them, as always!)
You can read it for free here: doi.org/10.1016/j.chemospher…
Dr Neil James retweeted
First half of 2024 has been a busy time in CIRCNETS - events, reports and so much more. Head to our website and check out our latest newsletter. Gus the Gull has a lot of stories to share with you! #MarineLitter #PlasticPollution #FishingGear interreg-npa.eu/projects/cir…
Dr Neil James retweeted
There is still time to register for our next week's (on Wed 15.5.2024) seminar about #CircularEconomy of fishing gear. This is an hybrid #EMDinMyCountry event that can be attended remotely.➡️ shorturl.at/gAMR8 #MarineEnvironment #MarinePlastics #GhostGear #EMD2024 #Interreg
Dr Neil James retweeted
Weekend is at sight, but it does not hurt to cast your glimpse beyond it. On 15.5.2024 we will organise a hybrid seminar about #CircularEconomy of fishing gear. The programme is at tinyurl.com/4f5y8mc7, check it out and obey Gus the Gull's order and sign up! #EMDInMyCountry
Dr Neil James retweeted
PhD opportunity funded by @NERCscience➕"The effects of multiple stressors on waterbirds in the Flow Country” at @ERI_UHI based @UHI_NWH in #Thurso.
➕Find out more: bit.ly/3vXXO5c
#ThinkUHI #UHIResearch #Research #PhD #PhDChat #UHI_NWH #Thurso
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Dr Neil James retweeted
This is big - we knew this already but now the data shows that we urgently need to produce less plastic to align with climate goals (and for a bunch of other reasons!)
#PlasticsTreaty #INC4
theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
Dr Neil James retweeted
Thx @NoviaUAS for organizing a full-day seminar as well where we got to hear about cross-cutting projects and had the chance to present some of our own ongoing work with environmental impacts of offshore wind @predictfish @OrstedUK
Dr Neil James retweeted
@SpencerCricket are organising a cricket gear reuse scheme during April with a series of adult/youth donation & collection events to support schools & cash-strapped families/players cfsd.org.uk/projects/cgr/pil…
@surreycricket @SurreyCricketFd #CricketReuse
Dr Neil James retweeted
Friends & colleagues in the animal biotracking universe @bls8tokyo2024 : we're looking for YOUR input on its robust use in the renewable energy industry! Please fill in this questionnaire: padlet.com/emasden/bls8
Questions? DM me or @eamasden
Dr Neil James retweeted
Slowly chipping away at outputs from my @UHI_Research @BrydenCentre_EU PhD on #seabird use of tidal stream environments, including surprising "sub-findings". Just out: European shags probably eat more 🦀 than we thought! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Dr Neil James retweeted
Research dissemination:
If we can't untangle this mess, Norway's blue industry will never be green... norwegianscitechnews.com/202…
Dr Neil James retweeted
📢***New paper ***📢 from @ERI_UHI
Led by me as part of @RobinsonH2020.
In EIAR now:
doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.…
Environmental Impact Assessment is difficult if your development effects are unquantified and the site has no collected ecological data.
Great PhD projects in amazing locations! Deadline of midday (GMT) on 29th January. Get those applications in! #ornithology #plasticpollution #seabirds uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterp…
⏳Only one week left to apply for a #fullyfundedPhD in #environmentalresearch!
A diverse topic list incl. #salmon migration, #plastic in #seabird nests, feral pig #genetics and #ecology, #sealice, mitigating #HABs, and #invasivespecies
➡️superdtp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ho…
6 fully funded PhDs at @ThinkUHI including one on the nest incorporation of plastics by seabirds @ERI_UHI. Deadline is midday on 29th January! #PlasticPollution #ornithology
📢Six #fullyfunded #PhD opportunities available at
@ThinkUHI for Sept 24 entry!
⏰Applications close noon UTC Mon 29 Jan: superdtp.st-andrews.ac.uk/ho…
#environmentalresearch #salmon #seabirds #sealouse #HABs #naturerecovery #wildpigs #plastic #invasivespecies #marine
📢Funded PhD Opportunity: Seabirds as sentinel species: assessing the risk of nest incorporation of marine plastic debris. @ERI_UHI based with myself, @lucyjayneryan, & with @thomas_bodey & @BillTurrell1 findaphd.com/phds/project/se… #plasticpollution #ornithology @ThinkUHI @SUPERDTP1
Dr Neil James retweeted
Caithness urgently needs island status! We were landlocked twice today due to trees on the road at Berridale Braes.Pregnant and labouring mums and newborn babies are at risk.
#100milestoofar @HumzaYousaf @NHSHighland @ellagow65
Dr Neil James retweeted
#DYK that of 51 seabird species examined for plastic in the #Arctic, over half had ingested plastic?
@CAFF_Arctic reviewed what we know about Arctic seabirds eating plastic👇
