Kostas Topouzelis

Let’s talk about marine plastics…. TV vs reality!

Spring is here! Everything is raging. The surface of the sea around Lesvos Island is covered by large layers of pollen. It looks like a phytoplankton bloom, or marine mucilage. The extent is impressive!

Photo shooting today. Marine Remote Sensing Group “birds” ready for action. University of the Aegean, Dept of Marine Sciences

The Plastic Litter Project 2021 (PLP2021) promo video is finally out. Very proud of our achievement. Next summer our target should have the shape of peace... youtube.com/watch?v=rV985XO_…

eMBA: four new letters in my CV from today. What a journey! I started thinking about it after my bachelor degree on Environmental Studies, more than 20 years ago. Now is a fact! Thank you Mania Mavri for the beautiful ceremony and Elli Amboulou for the long patience!

Thrilled to participate in the UN Ocean Decade Laboratory Satellite Activity "Remote Sensing and Smart Tech for Marine Litter". Here is the link for the participation. aircentre.org/remote-sensing…

Rinia island is very beautiful! Marine Remote Sensing Group - Dept of Marine Sciences and A C Laskaridis Charitable Foundation work together to protect it from plastic pollution. The involvement of the local community is essential and the hospitality of Kdeppam Mykonos was great

Great team today with students of @uaegean the @UoA_mrsg. The huge target of the Plastic Litter Project 2021 #PLP2021 is history. The target remained for four months on the sea surface and now we have valuable data for further analysis.

The PLP2021 target moved next to the shore and it ready for disassembly… Last day in the water. plp.aegean.gr – at Mytiline, Greece

I am very proud about Project Rineia: An important archeological site in the center of environmental monitoring for plastic litter pollution. A C Laskaridis Charitable Foundation, SciDrones and GET. @UoA_mrsg - Dept of Marine Sciences @uaegean More on: mrsg.aegean.gr/?content=&nav… – at Mytiline, Greece

I love this video! Describes so nicely our efforts to the kids!. Thank you, @ESA_EO, @esa . youtu.be/UYpcTkaspwg

PLP2021: Plastic Vs Natural material. Our huge targets are really cool on Sentinel-2 imagery. 🎯🎯 A step closer to detect floating marine plastics from space. More on plp.aegean.gr/ @UoA_mrsg | Dept of Marine Sciences | @uaegean

PLP2021: @UoA_mrsg targets are ready!!! 38 x 9 (342) smaller wooden boards, transferred, placed and tied next to the plastic target. Now we are closer to distinguish plastics from natural floating materials using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. Thank you, @ESA_EO for the trust.

PLP2021: Our fieldwork is in progress.... What a day today! Seven hours non stop! I am impressed with the passion and commitment of our students Dept of Marine Sciences | @uaegean Great teamwork @MRSG. Many thanks to Tsouros Marine for the tremendous help.

PLP2021: The first Sentinel-2 observation over our target is a fact! We do have a fully covered Sentinel-2 pixel with plastic. A great achievement for @UoA_mrsg @uaegean. Thank you @ESA @ESA_EO More on PLP2021: plp.aegean.gr/ #plasticpollution #ESA #sentinel2

#PLP2021 We did it!!! 🎯🎯🎯 Our 615 sqm plastic target is in place! Really exiting news for fhighting against plastic pollution. Great time for the @UoA_mrsg and many congratulations  to the second year students of the Dept of Marine Sciences @uaegean for their help.

In the World Oceans Day 2021 Marine Remote Sensing Group created a huge plastic target of 615 sqm for the #PLP2021 project. We are almost ready for satellite and drone measurements. Great team, great achievements!

Ready for the Plastic Litter Project 2021? #PLP2021. Tomorrow is our big day for marking a huge plastic target. 🎯 @UoA_mrsg is ready for action!! @uaegean