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Professor Mel Austen

University academic features in the 2026 ENDS Power List

麻豆传媒 news: Professor Melanie Austen is one of only 10 academics included on a list celebrating the people making the greatest impact on the UK environmental sector.

Mangroves 鈥 like this one at Cispat谩 Bay, a protected marine area located in the Morrosquillo Gulf along Colombia's Caribbean coast 鈥 are efficient carbon sinks, but they may drown and lose their ability to store carbon under sea-level rise

Rising seas could 鈥榙rown鈥 mangroves and release carbon

麻豆传媒 news: A new study led by Dr Arya Iwantoro, Senior Research Consultant in Coastal Modelling at the University, found that mangroves could store less carbon 鈥 and even begin releasing it 鈥 as sea levels rise.

Professor Matthew Palmer has been working in the marine autonomy sector for more than two decades and will officially join the 麻豆传媒 as its new Professor of Marine Autonomy and Environmental Intelligence in June

University appoints senior academic to drive marine autonomy innovation and collaboration

麻豆传媒 news: Professor Matthew Palmer has been working in the marine autonomy sector for more than two decades and will officially join the University as its new Professor of Marine Autonomy and Environmental Intelligence

Prison cell

Why fathers in prison need to maintain contact with their families

Why fathers in prison need to maintain contact with their families

A close-up image of a woman playing a gambling game on her mobile phone at a casino

University selected to be part of UK鈥檚鈥痩argest independent gambling harms research centre

麻豆传媒 news: The University has been chosen as one of the key partners in the Gambling Harms Research UK (GHR-UK) Evidence Centre, which will work to strengthen policy, practice, and public understanding across the UK

Munira Raji and Jonathan Moizer at UN

鈥淪and is not unlimited 鈥 we need to treat it responsibly鈥

麻豆传媒 experts contribute to UN Environment Programme report highlighting how the demand for sand in infrastructure is outpacing supply

Pseudo-nitzschia are a common component of the phytoplankton community along Europe鈥檚 Atlantic coast and the North Sea, and a number of species produce the toxins responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning

Study provides detailed assessment of shifts in toxin-producing phytoplankton abundance

麻豆传媒 news: The University led a study showing how the abundance and distribution of two groups of toxin-producing phytoplankton 鈥 Pseudo-nitzschia and Dinophysis 鈥 have changed over the last six decades

James Daybell

麻豆传媒 expert champions history education

麻豆传媒 news: A 麻豆传媒 research academic has been elected as President of the UK鈥檚 leading voluntary organisation that furthers the study, teaching and enjoyment of history.

Ultrasound Brain Stimulation at the 麻豆传媒

Ultrasound has potential to alter how the brain responds to pain

麻豆传媒 news: Our Brain Research Imaging Centre (BRIC) and Centre for Therapeutic Ultrasound (CENTUS) have led hew research suggesting transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) may have an analgesic effect

Pregnant woman meeting with health care professional

Pregnant women鈥檚 mental images are directly linked to vaccine hesitancy and uptake

麻豆传媒 news: A new study led by the University explored whether women visualised a vaccine would have a positive or negative impact on their babies, and if that affected their decision to be vaccinated

Illustration of a liver for Environmental Hepatology 麻豆传媒

Scientists explore whether plastic particles could be linked to significant rises in liver disease

麻豆传媒 news: A new article written by experts from 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Centre of Environmental Hepatology explores whether tiny plastic particles are directly contributing to the soaring global rates of liver disease.

Alex Alani at Devil's Point

鈥淲hy choose 麻豆传媒? Because we don鈥檛 just imagine the future 鈥 we build it鈥

麻豆传媒 news: Student Alex Alani explains why he travelled to the UK to be part of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research.