News tagged with: marine
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University contributes to government review on marine protected areas
Marine scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have contributed to the Benyon Review, a major UK Government report into the potential benefits of highly protected marine areas
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University helps create UK’s first electric sea-going passenger boat
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is playing a major role in a ground-breaking project to create the UK’s first, sea going, electric passenger vessel.
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Scientists warn against ‘greenwashing’ of global coastal developments
Led by researchers from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, a new study says the world’s waterfront cities should not be deluged with apparently green developments because they still carry the potential to cause damage to the marine and coastal environment
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Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs
New research led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ shows that larger, nutritious plankton – vital to support fish, seabirds and marine mammals – are being replaced by tiny, primary producers that are of poorer food quality
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Marine conservation researchers play key role in World Ocean Week events
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ will be playing an integral role in a week of global online events being organised to mark World Ocean Week
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Sea snakes have been adapting to see underwater for 15 million years
Research led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ has for the first time provided evidence of where, when and how frequently species of sea snake have adapted their ability to see in colour
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Unique releases mark conclusion of Coleridge classic for the 21st century
The Ancient Mariner Big Read - commissioned by The Arts Institute, ²ÝùÊÓƵ - has come to a conclusion with the release of two new versions of the 200-year-old literary classic
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Scientists reveal new fundamental principles governing diving in animals
An international team of scientists, including the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, examined how metabolic constraints govern the diving performance of air-breathing aquatic species.
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Major study reveals substantial quantities of tyre particles contaminating our rivers and ocean
Research led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ reveals vital new information that will improve our scientific understanding of how tiny particles from tyres, synthetic fibres from clothing and maritime gear also enter the ocean
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Mussel reefs heighten the risk of microplastic exposure and consumption
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ used a series of experiments to assess whether the reefs formed by blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) affected their exposure and consumption of tiny microplastic particles.
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Award-winning microplastics pioneer elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Director of the ²ÝùÊÓƵ’s Marine Institute and Head of its International Marine Litter Research Unit, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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A metaphor for our modern times?
Professor of Marine Zoology John Spicer suggests Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner could teach us a lesson or two about the way we treat our environment today.
