News tagged with: marine
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Connecting the dots on plastic pollution
Professor Richard Thompson OBE, a world-leading scientist at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, has welcomed a new report highlighting that the predicted rise in plastic pollution spilling into the environment constitutes a planetary emergency
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Bluefin tuna tagged for the first time in UK waters with acoustic ‘residency’ tags
Bluefin tuna have been tagged with state-of-the-art acoustic tracking tags for the first time in UK waters as part of the FISH INTEL project, led by the University and funded by the EU’s Interreg France (Channel) England programme
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No longer just ‘famine food’ and the ‘fish of death’
New research by Dr Louise Firth, Associate Professor of Marine Ecology at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, aims to rewrite the global significance of limpets
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Night lights: new global atlas maps out artificial light at night under the sea
A study co-led by the University has shown up to 1.9 million sq km of the world’s coastal waters are being exposed to biologically significant levels of artificial light at night
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Innovative plankton monitoring tool holds key to assessing health of ocean life
Researchers from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have helped to create the Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool, a free, online tool to make complex plankton datasets easier and more accessible for all
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Blue Carbon Artist in Residence aims to strengthen links between city and sea
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The University is leading a new project through which the UK’s first Blue Carbon Artist in Residence will aim to engage local residents and visitors with the wonders of the marine environment.
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Volcanic eruptions drove severe mass extinction, say scientists
New research involving the ²ÝùÊÓƵ examined the effects of volcanism on ocean chemistry during a period of extreme environmental change around 450 million years ago.
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Multi-million pound initiative advances the sustainable management of UK’s marine resources
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (SuMMeR CDT), is led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, and aims to deliver the next generation who will sustainably manage our marine resources
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Message in a bottle project highlights problem of ocean plastic to COP26 delegates
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ are part of a project deploying plastic pollution tracking devices into the ocean around Scotland.
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Paris Agreement will not be reached without urgent ocean action, study says
Researchers from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have played a key role in new research highlighting how measures to address climate change and reach the Paris Agreement will not succeed unless the ocean is fully taken into account
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Sea shanty and storm data collide in project demonstrating impacts of climate crisis
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have transformed data captured during the most energetic series of extreme storms on record into a musical piece demonstrating the effects of climate change
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Tidal stream power can aid drive for net-zero and generate 11% of UK’s electricity demand
New research led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ shows that tidal stream power has the potential to deliver 11% of the UK’s current annual electricity and play a significant role in the government’s drive for net-zero
