News tagged with: marine
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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.
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University hosts UK teachers on international education expedition
Teachers from across the UK will get to see the Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s marine expertise in action as part of EarthEcho Expeditions: What's the Catch?
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Marine researcher and graduate meet Nobel-nominated climate activist
Â鶹´«Ã½ researcher Imogen Napper and graduate Emily Stevenson were among those meeting teenager Greta Thunberg as she left Â鶹´«Ã½ for a voyage to New York
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University works with city partners to enhance parks and green spaces
The Green Minds project, led by Â鶹´«Ã½ City Council in partnership with the Â鶹´«Ã½ and other organisations, has received almost €4million in funding from the European Commission
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Film crews capture first evidence of leopard seals sharing food
James Robbins, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Â鶹´«Ã½, has led a new study which showed up to 36 seals feeding at the same king penguin colony in South Georgia
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Supergen ORE Hub awards £1million to advance research in offshore renewable energy sector
The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, led by the Â鶹´«Ã½, has awarded almost £1million to UK universities to support ambitious research projects investigating all aspects of offshore renewable energy
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Scientific experts call for eight urgent measures to preserve life-supporting ocean function amid fears that changes could be ‘irreversible’
The University's marine science expertise is featured in a new report by the International Programme on the State of the Ocean.
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Limits on pot fishing can result in win-win for fishermen and marine wildlife
A report by the Â鶹´«Ã½, funded by Defra and the Blue Marine Foundation, has found that in areas of low potting intensity the industry was operating in a way that had little impact on seabed species or economically-important shellfish
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University listed among the world’s best for engineering research and impact
The Â鶹´«Ã½ is eighth in the world, and the top UK university, for Marine and Ocean Engineering in the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019.
