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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

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

Microplastics pioneer named among TIME’s 100 most influential people of 2025

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS has been included on the TIME100 list for his groundbreaking work to address the global plastics crisis

Study highlights how population density and location shape litter levels facing UK communities

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: New research led by the University is the first UK-based research to investigate the links between geography, community and patterns of litter accumulation in the environment

A Sustainable Development Goal for space?

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: An international team of scientists, led by the University, calls for the creation of an 18th addition to the United Nations goals which would aim to mitigate against the accumulation of space junk in Earth’s orbit

Project explores possibilities for UK wetsuit recycling

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Funded by Future Fibres Network Plus, the University will work with Circular Flow Ltd to examine the scope for developing a UK neoprene recycling facility

University joins delegates at final round of Global Plastics Treaty negotiations

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: Â鶹´«Ã½-based researchers are meeting with world leaders and scientists at INC-5 in South Korea.

Success at the double – University's two wins at 2024 Green Gown Awards

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: The University's awards acknowledge our world-leading microplastics research and work to educate young people about the environment.

Bio-based fibres could pose greater threat to the environment than conventional plastics

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: New research led by the University has prompted scientists to suggest that materials being advocated as alternatives to plastic should be tested thoroughly before they are used extensively in a range of products

Scientists say we have enough evidence to agree global action on microplastics

Â鶹´«Ã½ news: A new study, published in the journal Science, comes 20 years after the University led the first ever research highlighting the issue of microplastics in the ocean.

Rowing the Atlantic to inspire the next generation