News tagged with: marine
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University scientists contribute to government’s Future of the Sea report
Professor Richard Thompson and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, contributed to the Foresight Future of the Sea report, published by the Government Office for Science
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Decreased oxygen levels could present hidden threat to marine species, study suggests
Scientists from the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ have shown that creatures which develop in hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions in the marine environment could experience previously unseen hindered development, and become compromised as adults.
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Government funding boost to British marine research
Environment Minister Therese Coffey announces funding of £150,000 for the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the University of St Andrews to further understand ‘natural capital’
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Marine policy expert addresses Parliamentary meeting on post-BREXIT fishing landscape
University marine policy expert Dr Abigal McQuatters-Gollop addresses a Parliamentary briefing on the opportunities and challenges of UK fishing in a post-Brexit world
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Enhanced education could help turn the tide on marine litter
Research by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, the Mediterranean Information Office for Environment, Culture and Sustainable Development and the Coastal and Marine Union explored how education can influence teachers and students understanding of marine litter
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Graduate works with BBC on Animals with Cameras series
Marcus Shirley, who graduated from the BA (Hons) Photography programme at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ in 2009, has worked with the BBC to create an array of lightweight underwater cameras used in its recent Animals with Cameras series
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University research informs the government’s ambitious plan for conservation
University research at the Marine Protected Area of Lyme Bay has helped to inform Defra's new 25-year conservation plan
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South West Blue Communities experts head to Asia
Academics, including those from the School of Psychology, attended the Blue Communities launch event in Malaysia
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New research reveals England’s only resident bottlenose dolphins
Rebecca Dudley, an MRes student at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, has been working with the Cornwall Wildlife Trust and analysing sightings and photographs of dolphins in the South West
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Climate change scientist to receive funding from President of France
¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ academic Professor Camille Parmesan has been selected by the President of France Emmanuel Macron to receive funding as part of his "Make Our Planet Great Again" programme.
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Plastic pollution and the planet
Richard Thompson, Head of the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, writes about the threat posed by plastic pollution to our environment and how Blue Planet II has helped to raise public awareness of the problem
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Marine organisms can shred a carrier bag into 1.75 million pieces, study shows
A single plastic carrier bag could be shredded by marine organisms into 1.75 million microscopic fragments, according to new research published in Marine Pollution Bulletin and carried out by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ
