News tagged with: marine
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New study suggests wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the National Research Council of Italy (IPCB-CNR) and the ²ÝùÊÓƵ compared four different items of polyester clothing and how many fibres were released when they were being worn and washed
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Fulfilling the ambition of a lifetime
²ÝùÊÓƵ graduate Dr Emma Rendle will join the crew of eXXpedition for 24 days as it sails from Easter Island to Tahiti
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Vessel confirms University’s place at forefront of autonomous ocean science
CETUS – a C-Worker 4 unmanned surface vehicle developed and supplied by L3Harris Technologies – has been purchased by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ and will be based at its Coxside Marine Station
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Scientists call on government to increase UK’s ambition to save our ocean
A team of marine scientists from across the UK, led by the Marine Conservation Research Group at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, have called on the Government to increase its ambition to save the oceans by overhauling its approach to marine conservation
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²ÝùÊÓƵ awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world-leading microplastics research
The University has been presented with the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its pioneering research on microplastics pollution in the oceans and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour.
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Mixtape plays again more than two decades after vanishing on Spanish holiday
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ has worked with artist Mandy Barker to tell the amazing story of a mixtape she found washed up on a beach in 2017
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New coastal overtopping forecast made available to the public
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have developed the Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model, a more accurate way of forecasting wave overtopping hazards around the South West
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€14m project to prevent plastic pollution in the English Channel
Preventing Plastic Pollution, a project involving the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, will develop a model to gather data on the amount and likely sources of plastic pollution at seven pilot sites, including the River Tamar catchment
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University to play key role in South West maritime consortium
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is one of the key partners in Maritime UK South West, designed to build stronger links between the South West marine and maritime sector and national government
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Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences
Coastal plant communities are a crucial element of global sea defences but are increasingly threatened by the human-induced effects of climate change, according to new research led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ
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A blueprint for the blue space on the horizon
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is among the organisations represented on a project board formed to ensure that decisions about creating the ²ÝùÊÓƵ Sound National Marine Park are made collaboratively
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Maritime Minister visits the ²ÝùÊÓƵ
Nusrat Ghani MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, met academics and students during a visit to the ²ÝùÊÓƵ’s Marine Building
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