Dr Cath Waller's Projects (6)

Threats and Risks to Arctic Habitats- Watching Plastic Litter Jul 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025

Arctic Frontiers Conference 2024 Jan 1, 2024 - Feb 1, 2024
Funding froUKRI to attend the conference

Svalbard Winter Plastics Feb 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2024
To date there are no published studies in the Arctic looking at microplastics contamination across environmental and biological components of local foodwebs, from samples taken at the same locations and times. There is very limited data on microplast... Read More about Svalbard Winter Plastics.

Microplastics in the Ocean: Vertical transfer through intertidal food webs Jun 16, 2021 - Jul 15, 2021
This project aims to better understand the fate of microplastics (plastic fragments of < 5mm) in the marine environment. Microplastics (MP), have been found from highly urbanized areas to the remote Antarctic. It is starting to become clear that MPs... Read More about Microplastics in the Ocean: Vertical transfer through intertidal food webs.

ECPE PPF: Development of an operational UAV-based system for monitoring plastic waste in the coastal environment Nov 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2020

Humber Aquaculture Partnership - Project 3 Sep 1, 2018 - Sep 30, 2020
Development of educational and research aquaculture facility on Spurn Point