News tagged with: marine
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£5.4million project aims to develop world’s largest network of electric workboats
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The University is part of the new ZENOW project, a partnership of 15 UK marine businesses and organisations that will ultimately deploy 20 electric workboats
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Six decades of decline sparks call to protect the foundation of the marine food web
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, working with partners across the UK and Europe, have published a new assessment of plankton abundance in the North East Atlantic
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Study highlights significant design advances across floating offshore wind sector
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: A study by the University's Centre for Decarbonisation and Offshore Renewable Energy indicates the UK is well placed to take advantage of the expected boom in floating offshore wind technology
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Project aims to ensure offshore renewable innovations remain cyber-secure
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The Cyber-Resilience of Offshore Wind Networks (CROWN) project, supported by funding from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, will create a purpose-built lab space at the University.
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Living seawall creates a space for nature along the coastline of ²ÝùÊÓƵ Sound
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The University is leading a project that has seen a series of specially-designed concrete panels installed to make new habitats available to a variety of marine flora and fauna.
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Project focuses on decarbonisation of the fashion and textile industry
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The new £1.6million Future Fibres Network+ will build on the University’s extensive research into the sustainability of the fashion industry
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Project assesses wider ecological benefits of UK’s first offshore mussel farm
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The Ropes to Reefs project, funded through the Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) scheme, will assess the wider benefits of the UK’s first large-scale offshore mussel farm
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Underwater camera network to monitor the habitat needs of juvenile fish
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: A new project, funded through the Fisheries Industry Science Partnership (FISP) scheme, will fill important knowledge gaps about the essential habitats required by species including bass and mullet
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£7.5million investment to drive innovation and impact in offshore renewables
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, led by the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, has secured funding that will reinforce its position at the forefront of the UK’s net zero revolution
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Scientists develop novel approach to help map diverse habitats and species in the unexplored deep ocean
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: An international team of researchers has developed a novel solution to mapping the southern hemisphere’s deep ocean which they hope will fill gaps in knowledge around the species and habitats it contains
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Conference highlights climate challenges facing coastal communities
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The first ever UK Coastal Research Conference highlighted many of the challenges facing coastal communities as a result of the changing climate
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Fossilised beaches help scientists understand impacts of past global warming
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: A study developed at the University found the melting of the Antarctic ice sheet would have caused a rise in global sea levels of up to 5.7 metres.
