News tagged with: marine
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Global tech firm IBM joins Mayflower Autonomous Ship project
International technology giant IBM has signed up to work with the Â鶹´«Ã½ and other partners on an ambitious project to sail an unmanned ship across the Atlantic Ocean
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Scientists set sail on round-the-world plastics initiative
The eXXpedition Round the World voyage set sail from the Â鶹´«Ã½ Marine Station on October 8 and the crew will undertake a range of research projects developed by the University's International Marine Litter Research Unit
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University researchers contribute to RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report
Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Dr Jacob Bedford, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, were invited to co-author the marine chapter of the RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report, which also cites research from across the School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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Coastal engineering and ecology research receives European award
THESEUS, an international research project involving engineers and ecologists from the Â鶹´«Ã½, has received a Horizon Impact Award from the European Commission
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Wave tank model brings iconic Wolf Rock lighthouse to life
The Â鶹´«Ã½ builds and tests a scale model of Wolf Rock lighthouse as part of its STORMLAMP project
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Expert backs international call for action to safeguard our oceans
Professor Jason Hall-Spencer, from the Â鶹´«Ã½, has backed a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) revealing the extent of the crisis facing humanity as the ocean and its services begin to show signs of collapse
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University secures cutting edge unmanned marine vessel to support Devon businesses
The Â鶹´«Ã½ has secured a state of the art unmanned marine vessel, developed and supplied by L3Harris, capable of conducting high tech research off the South West coast
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Citizen scientists asked to help the fight against venomous predators in the Mediterranean
Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½, working as part of the RELIONMED project, have developed an online portal for people to report lionfish sightings across the Mediterranean
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A Mayflower for a new generation
The Mayflower Autonomous Ship - a partnership between the Â鶹´«Ã½, ProMare and MSubs - will begin its journey on 6 September 2020, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers’ voyage to the new world
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University scientist joins world experts to ask big questions about blue carbon
Marine scientists from the Â鶹´«Ã½ have contributed to a major international study exploring the role of our oceans and coastlines in trapping atmospheric carbon dioxide
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Young people get to see ocean science in action during week-long sailing experience
Environmental scientists from the Â鶹´«Ã½ have been encouraging young people to think about the impacts of ocean science as part of SEA the Future, a seven-day oceanography voyage organised by the charity Adventure Under Sail.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ coastal engineer heads up prestigious journal special issue on heritage structures
A university coastal engineer has led the publication of a special issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A devoted to environmental loading upon heritage structures.
