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Dr Imogen Napper

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Marine Scientist in Kenya 🇰🇪 National Geographic Explorer Supporting Ocean Research in E. & S. Africa

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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Bonjour, Nice! 🇫🇷 Excited to celebrate science progress at the One Ocean Science Congress and then leap into the United Nations Ocean Conference If joining, let’s catch up 👋
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🌊🗑️🛰️ A new life highlight: telling UK Parliament we’re living in a litter sandwich Plastic below in the ocean, debris above in Earth’s orbit. I shared how: 1. We need space literacy 2. Prevention > clean-up 3. We must act fast, before we repeat old mistakes
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House of Lords UK Engagement with Space Committee @lordsukspacecom.parliament.uk · 19/05/2025
🦺How can we ensure a safe operating environment in space❓ 📢Today at 3:35pm, the Committee will hold an oral evidence session on space debris with ⭐Prof Don Pollacco, Warwick University ⭐Prof Hugh Lewis @unisouthampton.bsky.social ⭐Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social, @plymuni.bsky.social
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
@minderoo.bsky.social Indian Ocean Forum 🇦🇺 Building a collective Indian Ocean voice for the United Nations Ocean Conference Key takeaways: 1️⃣ Capacity sharing not capacity building 2️⃣ Better ways to communicate science 3️⃣ Parachute science, breaking barriers & supporting local knowledge
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Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop @amcquatters-gollop.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Are you looking for paid research experience? Check out these opportunities from NERC. Number 14 is plankton! nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/re...
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REPS projects 2025 | Cambridge NERC Doctoral Landscape Awards (Training Partnerships)
Projects for NERC -funded Research Experience Placements (REPs) 2025 The 15 projects open for applications are listed here. Please email dtp-admin@esc.cam.ac.uk if you have any problems opening the pr...
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Edinburgh Ocean Leaders 2025 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 48 people from 30 countries, sharing experiences and supporting each other navigating ocean careers A week of feeling grounded in a pretty bonkers world
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
2025 = Ocean Year 🇹🇿 Regenerative Ocean Week: 300+ people aimed at turning science→solutions 🌊 First regional High Seas Treaty Workshop: 105 ppl, 14 Govs ♻️ ISLANDPLAS launch: circular econ. of plastics for islands ⛵️ Great Blue Wall expedition ODISEA launch: new platform for local research
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
🗺️ Our new map reveals Big Oil's pollution using govt data. But did you know we can also track these spills from #space? 🛰️ Satellite technology can help expose chronic oil leaks & spills, as explained by SkyTruth CEO John Amos ⬇️
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SkyTruth: Exposing a dark reality spilling into our seas
Slicks, pipeline leaks, discharges, spills - chronic oil comes from many sources. We spoke to John Amos, CEO of SkyTruth, on using tech to expose the truth.
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
What a welcome to the Seychelles! 🇸🇨 We have joined the Odisea boat during a section of their Great Blue Wall expedition The boat is providing a platform for local scientists to come onboard and conduct research in remote areas
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Tony R. Walker @tonyrwalker1.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
🚨 New paper by @imogennapper.bsky.social Richard Thompson and others 👇 Citizen science reveals litter trends in the UK: Population density effects on coastal and inland regions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #CitizenScience #PlasticPollution #Wastemanagement #Plastic
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Citizen science reveals litter trends in the UK: Population density effects on coastal and inland regions
There is limited understanding of how litter abundance, particularly plastic items, varies between coastal and inland regions with different populatio…
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
🎬 That’s a wrap on Regenerative Ocean Week A powerful week to discuss: - Bridging science & business - Innovators pitching ocean solutions - Bringing local research & stories into communities - Unlocking funding for grassroots initiatives 🇹🇿 Hosted around the beautiful coast of Dar es Salaam
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Oceana UK @oceanauk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
‼️ EXPOSED: Oil companies are using UK seas as a dumping ground, harming wildlife & poisoning marine protected areas. Enough is enough. We're challenging the latest oil & gas licences in court next month. Watch this space. The end of #BigOil’s reign is drawing near.
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
📆🎉 Welcome to the first day of the Regenerative Ocean Week based in Dar es Salaam 🇹🇿 The theme is ‘Science to Solution’ A room full of politicians, scientists, innovators and conservationists all aimed to help the ocean thrive 🎤 You can find me today mixing the tech deck
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
🏝️ Kicking off the first ISLANDPLAS training meeting in Zanzibar! 🇲🇺🇨🇻🇰🇲🇲🇬🇸🇹🇸🇨🇹🇿 This three-year project is focussed on seven African Islands It aims to enhance the livelihoods of individuals in the informal waste sector & reduce #plastic waste through local circular economy innovation
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
🌊 Passionate about the oceans? We are looking for a programme delivery and operations officer to join the IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa office This would be in a deputy regional head role Let me know if you have any questions and take a look 👇 hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/7111...
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Programme Delivery and Operations Officer, Coastal and Ocean Resilience, Nairobi
ESARO - Coastal and Ocean Programme. Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Chunky warthog on walk to work 🐗 #nairobi
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Bye Plymouth 👋 It’s been the best 10 years, but time for a new chapter
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
🌊 🛰️ Our oceans and orbits have something in common: both are filling up with debris Our new paper in One Earth @cp-oneearth.bsky.social ( funded by National Geographic), explores how ocean conservation lessons can guide the sustainable use of space 🧵 rb.gy/i4fjaa
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A sustainable development goal for space: Applying lessons from marine debris to manage space debris
Lessons from managing marine debris can guide solutions for orbital debris. This paper advocates for improvements to extended producer responsibility, international legislation, innovative mitigation measures, and a proposed UN Sustainable Development Goal to ensure the safe and sustainable use of Earth’s orbit, protecting this vital global commons.
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Thomas Dowling @tpfd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Working with @imogennapper.bsky.social, we call for a sustainable development goal for Earth's orbit. Don't repeat the mistakes of the ocean... a global commons should not be left as a free-for-all. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
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Sophie Pavelle @sophiepavs.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Powerful insights from this astonishing research on the elephant in the room…led by @imogennapper.bsky.social 💫☄️ www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
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A sustainable development goal for space: Applying lessons from marine debris to manage space debris
Lessons from managing marine debris can guide solutions for orbital debris. This paper advocates for improvements to extended producer responsibility, international legislation, innovative mitigation measures, and a proposed UN Sustainable Development Goal to ensure the safe and sustainable use of Earth’s orbit, protecting this vital global commons.
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Dr Imogen Napper @imogennapper.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🏖️ Check out our open-access Field Guide for using drones to monitor plastic pollution on beaches Whether you’re using hobbyist drones or advanced tech, this handbook aims to make the methodology more accessible 🎯 More data = more targeted solutions tinyurl.com/bdz9ms57
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Monitoring Plastic Pollution on Beaches with Drones: a Field Guide
This handbook is designed to guide scientists and the public on the best way to survey beaches for plastic pollution. While significant progress has been made to enable drone technologies to combat pl...
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