Dr Imogen Napper
@imogennapper.bsky.social
Marine Scientist in Kenya 🇰🇪
National Geographic Explorer
Supporting Ocean Research in E. & S. Africa
National Geographic Explorer
Supporting Ocean Research in E. & S. Africa
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 👋
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 👋
June 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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 👋
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 👋
🌊🗑️🛰️ 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
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
May 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🌊🗑️🛰️ 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
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
Reposted by Dr Imogen Napper
🦺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
📢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
May 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🦺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
📢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
@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
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
April 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
@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
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
Reposted by Dr Imogen Napper
Are you looking for paid research experience? Check out these opportunities from NERC. Number 14 is plankton!
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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 [email protected] if you have any problems opening the pr...
nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk
April 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Are you looking for paid research experience? Check out these opportunities from NERC. Number 14 is plankton!
nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/re...
nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/re...
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
48 people from 30 countries, sharing experiences and supporting each other navigating ocean careers
A week of feeling grounded in a pretty bonkers world
April 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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
48 people from 30 countries, sharing experiences and supporting each other navigating ocean careers
A week of feeling grounded in a pretty bonkers world
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
🇹🇿 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
March 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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
🇹🇿 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
Reposted by Dr Imogen Napper
🗺️ 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 ⬇️
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.
buff.ly
March 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🗺️ 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 ⬇️
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
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
March 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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
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
Reposted by Dr Imogen Napper
🚨 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
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
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…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
🚨 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
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
🎬 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
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
February 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🎬 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
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
Reposted by Dr Imogen Napper
‼️ 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.
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.
February 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
‼️ 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.
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.
📆🎉 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
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
February 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📆🎉 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
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
🏝️ 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
🇲🇺🇨🇻🇰🇲🇲🇬🇸🇹🇸🇨🇹🇿
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
February 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🏝️ 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
🇲🇺🇨🇻🇰🇲🇲🇬🇸🇹🇸🇨🇹🇿
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
🌊 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...
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...
Programme Delivery and Operations Officer, Coastal and Ocean Resilience, Nairobi
ESARO - Coastal and Ocean Programme. Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi, Kenya
hrms.iucn.org
January 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🌊 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...
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...
January 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bye Plymouth 👋
It’s been the best 10 years, but time for a new chapter
It’s been the best 10 years, but time for a new chapter
January 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Bye Plymouth 👋
It’s been the best 10 years, but time for a new chapter
It’s been the best 10 years, but time for a new chapter
🌊 🛰️ 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
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
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.
rb.gy
January 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🌊 🛰️ 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
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
Reposted by Dr Imogen Napper
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...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.
authors.elsevier.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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...
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
Reposted by Dr Imogen Napper
Powerful insights from this astonishing research on the elephant in the room…led by @imogennapper.bsky.social 💫☄️
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
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.
www.cell.com
January 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Powerful insights from this astonishing research on the elephant in the room…led by @imogennapper.bsky.social 💫☄️
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
🏖️ 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
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
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...
tinyurl.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:53 PM
🏖️ 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
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