News tagged with: research
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![A butterflyfish swimming above a colony of the coral table Acropora solitaryensis at the Control CO2 sites off Shikine Island (Credit Ben Harvey)]()
Rising carbon dioxide levels will change marine habitats and fish communities
Researchers from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ and colleagues have showed that elevated dissolved CO2 conditions can lead to a 45% decrease of fish diversity, with a loss of coral-associated species and a rearrangement of feeding behaviour.
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International project aims to help communities address the effects of soil erosion
The ²ÝùÊÓƵ has received funding as part of a joint BBSRC-NERC Research Translation programme, and builds on the Jali ardhi (meaning ‘care for the land’ in Swahili) project
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University spinout awarded Japanese patent for energy technology
Pulsiv Solar, a ²ÝùÊÓƵ spinout company, has been awarded a Japanese patent as it speeds the development of its pioneering power technology
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Study offers new insight into the impact of ancient migrations on the European landscape
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the ²ÝùÊÓƵ led research tracing how the two major human migrations recorded in Holocene Europe unfolded
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Northeast Atlantic holoplankton taxa have decreased in abundance during the
past 60 years; triangles represent coastal stations while grid squares
illustrate trends in Continuous Plankton Recorder data. Blue indicates a
decreasing abundance trend; orange indicates an increase]()
Study shows six decades of change in UK’s plankton communities
Involving leading marine scientists from across the UK, led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, new research for the first time combines the findings of UK offshore surveys such as the Continuous Plankton Recorder and UK inshore long-term time-series.
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Scientists start work on vaccine to prevent future coronavirus outbreaks
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have started work on a coronavirus vaccine designed to prevent outbreaks similar to the current COVID-19 pandemic
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Study suggests LEGO bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years
A study led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ examined the extent to which items of the ever-popular children’s toy were worn down in the marine environment
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Industry involvement vital in creation of unique new Cyber-SHIP Lab
With funding from Research England, there are 18 commercial partners working alongside the ²ÝùÊÓƵ to bring the Cyber-SHIP Lab project to fruition
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‘Fossil earthquakes’ offer new insight into seismic activity deep below earth’s surface
The research was led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ and University of Oslo, with scientists conducting geological observations of seismic structures in exhumed lower crustal rocks on the Lofoten Islands
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![Project scientists in the Lofoton Islands shown in a still from the film Pseudotachylyte (Credit Heidi Morstang, ²ÝùÊÓƵ)]()
Documentary aims to reveal the human side of earthquake science
The 60-minute documentary Pseudotachylyte, by Associate Professor in Photography Heidi Morstang, focuses on a ²ÝùÊÓƵ research project examining the mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface.
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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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Supergen ORE launches programme to further offshore renewable research
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, has launched its second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy
