News tagged with: marine
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Funding for first system to monitor the hidden dangers of ships’ ballast
Plymouth University news: Innovate UK has provided funding for the development of the first system to monitor ships' ballast water for dangers including antibiotic resistance
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Student prepares to set sail on round Britain voyage raising awareness of plastics in our oceans
A ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ student is making the final preparations before taking part in eXXpedition, an environmental voyage around the coast of Great Britain
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Research assesses how carbon is removed to deep waters in the Antarctic
Scientists at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ have been awarded two research grants by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to enhance their understanding of how carbon is regulated within the Antarctic
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Plymouth academic appointed to lead UK-wide consortium on offshore renewables
A ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ academic has been appointed to lead Supergen ORE Hub, a new consortium programme supported by both government and industry which will draw together the UK’s expertise in marine renewable energy
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Collaboration awarded funding to expand knowledge and discussion
A collaboration involving the universities of Plymouth, Exeter, Southampton, Bristol and Bath has been awarded funding to increase the scope of its work within the UK’s marine renewable energy (MRE) sector
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UK Ambassador to Chile sees world-leading research in action
The UK’s ambassador to Chile, Fiona Clouder, has visited the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ to discuss how its world-leading research might benefit the South American country
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Research investigates causes of sea level falls in Dead Sea
The causes of falling sea levels in the Dead Sea are to be investigated in new research led by the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ in collaboration with the National Institute of Oceanography in Israel and the University of Jordan
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World leader in microplastic research receives award from the Zoological Society of London
Professor Richard Thompson, Head of the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ, has been presented with the 2017 Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation by the Zoological Society of London
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Coastal visitors urged to look for evidence of honeycomb worms
Seaside visitors are being urged to look out for evidence of a tiny marine creature this summer as part of a European research project led by Ifremer (the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) involving the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ
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University receives funding as part of multi-million pound nuclear project
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ has been awarded funding as part of TRANSAT (TRANSversal Actions for Tritium), a £5million project funded as part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme and examining the environmental impacts of tritium
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University signs up to support United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ has signed a voluntary commitment to use its world-leading research and teaching to support the implementation of one of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals
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Enabling Sailing
Plymouth University news: Student Forrest Worthington uses his final year project to modify a sailing dinghy to make it available to disabled children
