News tagged with: climate-change
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Rainforests under threat: report calls for protection and restoration to help the South West’s temperate rainforests thrive
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: A new report – The State of the South West Rainforests – highlights that around 40% of the region offers the appropriate climatic conditions to support a rainforest landscape
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Study provides new forecasts of remote islands’ vulnerability to sea level rise
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Our scientists have warned that predicted rises in sea levels, coupled with an increase in extreme weather and wave conditions, could result in presently rare flooding events happening every two to three years by around 2050
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Predicted CO2 levels cause marked increase in forest temperatures
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Our researchers found that elevated carbon dioxide levels generated as a result of climate change could significantly increase the temperatures found within the canopies of the world’s woodlands and forests
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University heightens resilience of healthcare to climate change
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: The South East Asia Health Policy Network, which brings together experts from the UK and South East Asia, was launched at an event supported by the University in the House of Commons
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University academic appointed Lead Author of UN climate change report
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Dr Cho Kwong Charlie Lam is one of 31 UK academics who will serve in the role for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report on adapting cities and infrastructure to climate change
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Experts remain hopeful after latest round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Researchers from our International Marine Litter Research Unit attended two weeks of discussions by delegates from across the world at INC-5.2 in Geneva
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Students get chance to participate in UK-China science and culture exchange
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: 21 postgraduate students from the University's marine and environmental programmes spent two weeks working alongside academics and students at Hainan University
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So what do the world’s coastlines look like in 2025?
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: An international group of scientists, led by the University and the Marine Biological Association, revisited turn-of-the-century forecasts about threats that would face the world’s shorelines
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Are sewage spills and coastal winds contributing to airborne microplastics?
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½ and Â鶹´«Ã½ Marine Laboratory used sewage and weather data and satellite monitoring to highlight a potential hidden source of microplastic pollution
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Tiny ocean migrants play a massive role in Southern Ocean carbon storage
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Researchers from the University were involved in a new study which reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes significantly to carbon sequestration
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National award for Devon Resilience Innovation Project
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Academics and PhD researchers from the Â鶹´«Ã½ are playing an important role in the Devon Resilience Innovation Project (DRIP), which has just won an award from the Environment Agency
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New research highlights opportunities to transform UK marine monitoring
Â鶹´«Ã½ news: A new study involving the University suggests coastal communities and marine wildlife could benefit from improved monitoring of nutrient pollution in UK waters
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