News tagged with: marine
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£3.2million project aims to enable south coast boat owners to transition to clean maritime
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: The University is playing a key role in a £3.2million project that will create the infrastructure necessary to power the region’s ever-growing fleet of electric maritime vessels.
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Nursing student awarded prestigious diving scholarship
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: Lucy Penny, who is just finishing the second year of a MNurs (Hons) Nursing (Adult Health and Child Health) degree, has been chosen as the 2023 European Scholar of the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society.
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Past climate change to blame for Antarctica’s giant underwater landslides
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: An international team of researchers, led by Lecturer in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration Dr Jenny Gales, has discovered the cause of giant underwater landslides in Antarctica.
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Coastal lights trick coral reefs into spawning earlier than they should
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: New research shows that corals exposed to artificial light at night are spawning one to three days outside of their optimum reproductive periods.
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Researchers call for public help to monitor elusive pod of bottlenose dolphins
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: The South Coast pod of bottlenose dolphins currently numbers only 40 individuals and they are known to range from the north coasts of Devon and Cornwall right along the entire south coast of England to East Sussex
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Study calls for action to explore potential impacts of decommissioned offshore structures
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: This new study comes at a time when increasing numbers of oil and gas platforms are being phased out, but renewable energy structures are being installed in their place
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Scientists call for global effort to assess the full impacts of tritium
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: Scientists from the University have called for a coordinated international effort to fully assess the environmental impacts of tritium ahead of a significant expected rise in its global production.
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University scientist works on report highlighting plastic’s threat to human and planetary health
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS is among scientists on the Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health
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Scientists call for global push to eliminate space debris
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: A collaboration led by the University has urged leaders to learn lessons from the management of the High Seas and act to protect Earth’s orbit.
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Tagging programme enables scientists to begin identifying key habitats of English Channel’s critical fish species
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: The conclusion of the €4million FISH INTEL project was marked with a conference at the University attended by many of its key stakeholders.
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Restoring nature to enable communities and coastlines to counter the threat of climate change
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: Researchers from the University are contributing to the £7million Stronger Shores project which aims to make coastlines and communities stronger in the face of flooding, erosion and the impacts of climate change
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Tidal stream power can significantly enhance energy security
²ÝùÊÓÆµ news: A new study has shown that adopting tidal power alongside other forms of renewable energy can significantly enhance energy security and enable communities to fulfil their clean energy ambitions