News tagged with: marine
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Sea-level rise will have complex consequences for coasts and communities
The Â鶹´«Ã½'s Professor of Geospatial Information Ralph Fyfe is among the authors on new research published in Science Advances
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Academic joins expert committee in calls to secure environment for future generations
Mel Austen, Professor of Ocean and Society at the Â鶹´«Ã½, is part of a national committee who have called on the Government to enhance its vision for the environment
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Festival of research and discovery comes to Â鶹´«Ã½
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is for the first time taking part in FUTURES2020 on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2020, as part of European Researchers’ Night
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Judges’ decisions in sport focus more on vigour than skill
A study by the Â鶹´«Ã½ suggests that, in sporting contests, the rate at which competitors fight is more likely to result in judges awarding victory than the skill with which they attack their opponents
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Beaches can survive sea-level rises if they have space to move
Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½ are part of an international team of coastal scientists who have dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century
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University partners with pioneering company to develop new approach to marine surveying
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is working with pioneering technology company HydroSurv to develop a revolutionary means of gathering data about the marine environment
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Scientists release previously unseen footage showing environmental impacts of pot fishing
Scientists from the Â鶹´«Ã½ attached video cameras to pots used by crab and lobster fishermen off the south coast of England
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UK’s first sea-going electric ferry launches in Â鶹´«Ã½
The UK’s first sea-going electric ferry - designed and developed in partnership with the Â鶹´«Ã½ - has set sail for the first time in Â鶹´«Ã½, Britain’s Ocean City.
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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
