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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🏄 It’s kick-off time! Our final conference on building resilience and reducing risks in coastal environments has begun. We need to go beyond disease prevention – access to safe blue spaces encourages physical activity, and social engagement. Protecting it is important for our livelihood.

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📣The BlueAdapt free online course is live! 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝: 𝙍𝙞𝙨𝙠𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 explores the links between climate change, coastal waters and human health. Thank you👏to our partners for sharing their knowledge and insights! 🎓Start here www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🏄🏻‍♀️ Resilience builds when we work together. 📅 Join us on 22 September for our conference ‘Climate Change and Health: Reducing Risks in Coastal Environments’ - Brussels & Online 👉 Register now: blueadapt.eu/news/final-c...

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🚨 Don’t miss BlueAdapt's Final Conference on ‘Climate change and health: Building resilience and reducing risks in coastal environments’. Hear from leaders across the European Commission, WHO Europe, the European Environment Agency, academia and civil society: www.blueadapt.eu/news/final-conference/

With our wonderful speakers, we will look at strengthening climate adaptation, prevention, and preparedness through closer connections between science, policy, and practice. Our speakers include:
🔹 Tony Holohan, An Taisce
🔹 Francesca Racioppi, WHO Regional Office for Europe
🔹 Nestor Etxebarria, EHU

We hope to inspire new collaborations that BlueAdapt’s findings can help inform actions into the future.

📅 22 September | Brussels & Online
👉 Register now: https://lnkd.in/e23GWU_c

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

🎯 Our new Policy Brief explores how improved water safety communication can help people make informed decisions, reduce health risks, and enjoy coastal environments safely. 🔗 www.blueadapt.eu/policy-brief-2026

Image of a SUP paddler on the sea with the title Reducing health risks in coastal waters

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

📢 Registrations are now open for BlueAdapt's Final Conference 22 September (online / Brussels). After a busy and exciting four years, BlueAdapt is coming to an end. We can't wait to share what we've discovered: under the microscope, out in the water and across Europe. blueadapt.eu/news/final-c...

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Join our final conference - BlueAdapt

Climate change and health: Building resilience and reducing risks in coastal environments 📅 22 September, 2026 📍 TownHall Europe, Brussels, Belgium 🕙 09:00-18:00 CEST Research into action Rising se...

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🌊Join BlueAdapt’s Safe & Healthy Seas: Innovation Workshop! 📅 24 June 2026 🕙 10:00–12:00 BST / 11:00–13:00 CEST 🔗 bit.ly/BlueAdaptInnovation Explore how innovation can support healthier seas, resilient communities, and a thriving blue economy. ✍️Register now! 👇

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Safe and Healthy Seas: Innovation Workshop - BlueAdapt

BlueAdapt invites enterprises, businesses, policymakers, and community members from across Europe to join our workshop. Our coastal waters play a huge role in our everyday lives. They’re places where ...

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

📢 New findings: Viruses and bacteria can hitchhike on wet wipes and microplastics into coastal waters 🧫🧻 Microplastics are mostly talked about as a pollution risk. But research led by @bangoruniversity.bsky.social shows they also transport harmful germs through wastewater systems: bit.ly/4glFac8

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Viruses and bacteria travel on wet wipes and microplastics into coastal waters - BlueAdapt

Microplastics are often discussed as a pollution issue. But new research led by Dr Jessica Kevill and colleagues at Bangor University reveals a less visible risk: their ability to transport harmful mi...

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

🏖️°🤿°🏊°🏄🏾 So many of us love spending time in, on, or under the water to boost our health and wellbeing. But there are important steps you can take to avoid illness from contaminated water. We explain waterborne infections and six ways to stay safe: blueadapt.eu/news/earthday/

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

BlueAdapt researchers Prof Davey Jones and Prof William Gaze comment for the @theguardian.com and @watershed-i.bsky.social on increasing risks of superbugs in drinking water for Northern Ireland: "Just because wastewater’s treated, it doesn’t mean it’s safe.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake

Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Have you watched Dirty Business? It's got people talking. But BlueAdapt’s Prof William Gaze joins experts at the University of Exeter and the Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy warning we’re STILL not doing enough to protect people from AMR 🦠 The recommendations remain urgent... bit.ly/4s5OIv2

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Dirty Business: BSAC renews calls for coordinated action on water pollution and rising AMR risk - The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🌊🌴 Is climate change bringing new infections to our shores? Rising temperatures, changes in salinity and algal blooms could make Europe more vulnerable to waterborne bacteria and viruses. 👀 Franco Forlano Bó, Jessica Kevill and Jess Dicken explain more... youtu.be/NTbpzJ49s5I

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Is climate change bringing new infections to our shores?

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Deltares @deltares.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

📨 Today we published the 11th edition of our Deltares Digest newsletter! If you aren't receiving it yet, sign up now to get the next monthly overview of our work. Sign up to the English edition > rebrand.ly/xx80p4n Sign up to the Dutch edition > rebrand.ly/th5omcg

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Did you know that we're all exposed to viruses and bacteria in coastal areas? The converging pressures of climate change and pollution increase risks of us becoming infected and ill and social inequalities make these risks even worse. Our BlueAdapt One Health Framework explains more: bit.ly/4rK3tUh

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

🌊🦠💊 Coastal waters could be reservoirs for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Prof William Gaze and Prof Dearbhaile Morris explain the risks linked to sewage discharges and poor water quality, and how to avoid infections. youtu.be/ROK2hgcDrOA?... @uniofgalway.bsky.social @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social

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Are superbugs lurking in our waters?

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Today we celebrate the women driving science for healthier, more resilient coastal communities 🌊🔬. Women represent >50% of BlueAdapt’s scientific community - working to advance research at the intersection of oceans, climate change and human health 💙. #WomenInScience #BlueAdapt #ClimateChange

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

☔ When is it going to stop raining? Extreme weather has caused intense rainfall and flooding across Europe, flushing harmful bacteria and viruses into our coastal waters. So what are the links between flooding, pollution and our health? youtu.be/2LgN5vlNlDI?...

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How is climate change impacting waterborne infections?

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Around 1/3 of the EU population lives within 50km of the coast. These precious environments between land and sea are under significant pressure from #pollution and #climatechange. This puts our #health at risk. What can policy makers do to take action? Our policy brief explains: bit.ly/3NVKTcC

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BlueAdapt @blueadapt.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

👋 Hello Bluesky we're new here! Funded by Horizon Europe and UKRI, our research team spans 8 countries across Europe. Together we're building evidence to protect people from #climatechange, #pollution and #waterborneinfections in coastal environments. We explain more here: youtu.be/hPyHKf8gpl4?...

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Changing Waters | BlueAdapt

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