News tagged with: marine
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University scientist joins world experts to ask big questions about blue carbon
Marine scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ have contributed to a major international study exploring the role of our oceans and coastlines in trapping atmospheric carbon dioxide
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Young people get to see ocean science in action during week-long sailing experience
Environmental scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ have been encouraging young people to think about the impacts of ocean science as part of SEA the Future, a seven-day oceanography voyage organised by the charity Adventure Under Sail.
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¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ coastal engineer heads up prestigious journal special issue on heritage structures
A university coastal engineer has led the publication of a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A devoted to environmental loading upon heritage structures.
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University hosts UK teachers on international education expedition
Teachers from across the UK will get to see the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ’s marine expertise in action as part of EarthEcho Expeditions: What's the Catch?
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Marine researcher and graduate meet Nobel-nominated climate activist
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ researcher Imogen Napper and graduate Emily Stevenson were among those meeting teenager Greta Thunberg as she left Plymouth for a voyage to New York
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University works with city partners to enhance parks and green spaces
The Green Minds project, led by Plymouth City Council in partnership with the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ and other organisations, has received almost €4million in funding from the European Commission
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Film crews capture first evidence of leopard seals sharing food
James Robbins, a Visiting Research Fellow at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, has led a new study which showed up to 36 seals feeding at the same king penguin colony in South Georgia
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Supergen ORE Hub awards £1million to advance research in offshore renewable energy sector
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, has awarded almost £1million to UK universities to support ambitious research projects investigating all aspects of offshore renewable energy
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Scientific experts call for eight urgent measures to preserve life-supporting ocean function amid fears that changes could be ‘irreversible’
The University's marine science expertise is featured in a new report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean.
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Limits on pot fishing can result in win-win for fishermen and marine wildlife
A report by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, funded by Defra and the Blue Marine Foundation, has found that in areas of low potting intensity the industry was operating in a way that had little impact on seabed species or economically-important shellfish
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University listed among the world’s best for engineering research and impact
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is eighth in the world, and the top UK university, for Marine and Ocean Engineering in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019.
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Project aims to preserve the unique seas around the Isles of Scilly
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ's Marine Conservation Research Group is working on a new project to preserve the seas around the Isles of Scilly in a way that supports wildlife and the local economy
