News tagged with: marine
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Judges’ decisions in sport focus more on vigour than skill
A study by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ suggests that, in sporting contests, the rate at which competitors fight is more likely to result in judges awarding victory than the skill with which they attack their opponents
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Beaches can survive sea-level rises if they have space to move
Researchers from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ are part of an international team of coastal scientists who have dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century
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University partners with pioneering company to develop new approach to marine surveying
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is working with pioneering technology company HydroSurv to develop a revolutionary means of gathering data about the marine environment
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Scientists release previously unseen footage showing environmental impacts of pot fishing
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ attached video cameras to pots used by crab and lobster fishermen off the south coast of England
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UK’s first sea-going electric ferry launches in ²ÝùÊÓƵ
The UK’s first sea-going electric ferry - designed and developed in partnership with the ²ÝùÊÓƵ - has set sail for the first time in ²ÝùÊÓƵ, Britain’s Ocean City.
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Future ocean conditions could cause significant changes in marine mussels
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have showed that increased temperature and acidification of our oceans could cause significant physical changes in an economically important marine species
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Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Scientists at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ exposed the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), found in various locations across the world, to differing quantities of tumble dryer lint
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Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evolutionary rescue in the wild
Research by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ has showed that species may be able to evolve and adapt to rapid climate change.
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²ÝùÊÓƵ scientists play key role in assessing future threats to the Atlantic
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ’s world-leading ocean scientists will play a key role in an international project that aims to map and assess the current and future risks posed across the Atlantic Ocean
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Project aims to reveal the fate of tyre particles in the marine environment
Three-year project led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ aims to assess this until now hidden form of marine litter, and show the effects it could have on our seas and the species within them.
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Humans’ construction ‘footprint’ on ocean quantified for first time
Dr Emma Sheehan, from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, is the only UK author on a new study which for the first time shows the full extent of human development in oceans
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Individual dolphin calls used to estimate population size and movement
Researchers and students from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ are part of an international project using technology to generate estimates of dolphin populations
