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News tagged with: marine

�鶹��ý awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for world-leading microplastics research

The University has been presented with the Queen's Anniversary Prize for its pioneering research on microplastics pollution in the oceans and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour.
20 February 2020
Mixtape plays again more than two decades after vanishing on Spanish holiday

The �鶹��ý has worked with artist Mandy Barker to tell the amazing story of a mixtape she found washed up on a beach in 2017
14 February 2020
New coastal overtopping forecast made available to the public

Scientists from the �鶹��ý have developed the Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model, a more accurate way of forecasting wave overtopping hazards around the South West
7 February 2020
€14m project to prevent plastic pollution in the English Channel

Preventing Plastic Pollution, a project involving the �鶹��ý, will develop a model to gather data on the amount and likely sources of plastic pollution at seven pilot sites, including the River Tamar catchment
7 February 2020
University to play key role in South West maritime consortium

The �鶹��ý is one of the key partners in Maritime UK South West, designed to build stronger links between the South West marine and maritime sector and national government
5 February 2020
Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences

Coastal plant communities are a crucial element of global sea defences but are increasingly threatened by the human-induced effects of climate change, according to new research led by the �鶹��ý
3 February 2020
A blueprint for the blue space on the horizon

The �鶹��ý is among the organisations represented on a project board formed to ensure that decisions about creating the �鶹��ý Sound National Marine Park are made collaboratively
30 January 2020
Maritime Minister visits the �鶹��ý

Nusrat Ghani MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport, met academics and students during a visit to the �鶹��ý’s Marine Building
30 January 2020
Crab larvae already showing effects of coastal acidification

Ocean acidification is having a profound impact on a prized crustacean that supports the most valuable fishery on the West Coast of the United States, according to a new study involving the �鶹��ý
27 January 2020
Warmer and acidified oceans can lead to ‘hidden’ changes in species behaviour

Research published in Nature Climate Change, involving scientists at the �鶹��ý, shows that in warmer seawater with lower pH, a common clam – the peppery furrow shell (Scrobicularia plana) – makes considerable changes to its feeding habits
20 January 2020
Rising sea-levels and increased storms pose threat to coastal communities

Scientists at the �鶹��ý have completed a study for the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership which shows the rate of coastal erosion around the UK is expected to increase substantially in the future
15 January 2020
�鶹��ý scientists highlight effects of climate change on UK’s plankton

Marine scientists from the �鶹��ý have worked on a major study highlighting the effects of climate change on the plankton populations in UK seas
15 January 2020