SPCS Workshop - Airborne Microplastics - Where Are We Now?

More than five years have passed since the publication of landmark studies identifying atmospheric transport of microplastics in megacities and remote regions alike.

Microplastics are now recognized as ubiquitous in the atmosphere and a growing contributor to particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) inhalable by humans.
As a novel source of atmospheric aerosol, they may also contribute to climate change.

Please save the date for a workshop on the progress in airborne microplastics research to date, and the remaining challenges.

Keynote speakers include:

• Dr Dušan Materić, research group leader at Helmholtz Centre for Environment Research (UFZ), Germany – detecting airborne nanoplastics in remote regions.
• Dr Nikolaos Evangeliou, senior scientist at NILU (Norwegian Institute for Air Research), Norway – modelling sources and transport of airborne microplastics.
• Alex Aves, PhD student at the University of Canterbury – results from the coordinated microplastics analysis experiment – is there a “one size fits all” approach for analysing airborne microplastics?
• Professor Kevin Thomas, University of Queensland, Australia – implications of airborne microplastic exposure for human health: remaining knowledge gaps to inform risk assessment. 

    Date: Tuesday 5 November
    Location: On Zoom and in person at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch.

Please register by the 21st October.