News tagged with: marine
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Future ocean conditions could cause significant changes in marine mussels
Scientists from the Â鶹´«Ã½ have showed that increased temperature and acidification of our oceans could cause significant physical changes in an economically important marine species
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Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels
Scientists at the Â鶹´«Ã½ exposed the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), found in various locations across the world, to differing quantities of tumble dryer lint
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Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evolutionary rescue in the wild
Research by the Â鶹´«Ã½ has showed that species may be able to evolve and adapt to rapid climate change.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ scientists play key role in assessing future threats to the Atlantic
The Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s world-leading ocean scientists will play a key role in an international project that aims to map and assess the current and future risks posed across the Atlantic Ocean
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Project aims to reveal the fate of tyre particles in the marine environment
Three-year project led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ aims to assess this until now hidden form of marine litter, and show the effects it could have on our seas and the species within them.
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Humans’ construction ‘footprint’ on ocean quantified for first time
Dr Emma Sheehan, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, is the only UK author on a new study which for the first time shows the full extent of human development in oceans
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Individual dolphin calls used to estimate population size and movement
Researchers and students from the Â鶹´«Ã½ are part of an international project using technology to generate estimates of dolphin populations
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Boost for South West’s floating offshore wind ambitions
The South West Floating Offshore Wind Accelerator has been chosen to work up a detailed bid for over £30m of potential government funding provided through UKRI’s flagship Strength in Places Fund.
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University and Marine Conservation Society join forces to assess public knowledge of jellyfish
Catriona Duncan, a student on the Â鶹´«Ã½'s MSc Marine Conservation programme, is working with the Marine Conservation Society to educate people about jellyfish
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Scientists join UK voyage assessing the health of our oceans
Dr Charlotte Braungardt and Dr Richard Sandford - from the Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s School of Geography, Earth and Environment Sciences - will be leading a range of scientific observations, experiments and problem-solving sessions
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Coastal cities leave up to 75% of seafloor exposed to harmful light pollution
A study led by the Â鶹´«Ã½ showed that under both cloudy and clear skies, quantities of light used in everyday street lighting permeated all areas of the water column.
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University expert contributes to global report into plastic threats to the ocean
Professor Richard Thompson OBE, Head of the Â鶹´«Ã½'s International Marine Litter Research Unit, has contributed to a major new report showing that the annual flow of plastic into the ocean could nearly triple by 2040.
