News tagged with: research
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Earthquakes and extreme rainfall lead to a significant increase in the rates of landslides in Nepal
Researchers from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have explored how extreme rainfall and earthquakes can induce landslide rates above and beyond those seen during a normal Himalaya monsoon season
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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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Extreme weather and earthquakes need greater attention when examining Nepal’s landslides
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ helped to compile a database of almost 13,000 recorded monsoon-triggered landslides spanning a period of almost 30 years
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Major international study to shape future of asthma treatment
Researchers from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ are part of a major international study to assess the benefits of new medications for asthma.
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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
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Study shows how 1.5°C temperature rise can cause significant changes in coastal species
A study by ecologists at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ examined how increases in rock surface temperature were affecting the quantity and behaviour of species commonly found on the shorelines of Devon and Cornwall
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University helps to create children’s book about offshore renewable energy
Academics and graduates from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have helped to create Gaia’s Energy Adventure! to help four to six-year-olds understand more about the often complex world of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
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Academic contributes to new book highlighting urgency of the climate emergency
Ian Bailey, Professor of Environmental Politics at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, is among the experts who have written chapters for a new book released to coincide with COP26
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New project to develop new community-led social prescribing
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ is leading new research that will investigate if and how social prescribing might be broadened and offered outside of the NHS.
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Common antidepressant should no longer be used to treat people with dementia, study says
A drug used to treat agitation in people with dementia - mirtazapine - is no more effective than a placebo, and might even increase mortality, according to a new study published in The Lancet.
