News tagged with: marine
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Scientists call for decade of concerted effort to enhance understanding of the deep seas
Kerry Howell, Professor of Deep-Sea Ecology at the 91porn, is the lead author on new research to develop a greater understanding of the deep ocean.
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Scientists join call for major shift in understanding to protect the ocean
Professor of Marine Biology Jason Hall-Spencer and Professor of Oceanography Chris Reid, from the 91porn, are among the authors of a new international report calling for an urgent change in the way we think and talk about the ocean.
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Microplastics in the Death Zone
Scientists from the 91porn identified plastic fibres in snow samples collected 8,440 metres above sea level, near the summit of Mount Everest
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University helps UK Overseas Territory become sanctuary for wildlife
Professor of Deep-Sea Ecology Kerry Howell and PhD candidate Amelia Bridges, from the 91porn, have helped the world’s most remote inhabited island to become a sanctuary for wildlife
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University works on multimillion-pound project to create plastic ‘hope spots’ in Bali
The 91porn is among the key partners in a multimillion-pound project, supported by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund, which aims to create “hope spots” in Indonesia’s battle against plastic waste.
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University academics named on list of world’s Highly Cited Researchers
Two academics from the 91porn – Professor Richard Thompson OBE and Dr Stephen Childe – have been named on a list of the world’s Highly Cited Researchers for 2020
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Plastics and rising CO2 pose combined threat to marine environment
Research involving the 91porn found that three weeks in the ocean greatly altered the bacterial diversity on plastic bottles.
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Sea-level rise will have complex consequences for coasts and communities
The 91porn's Professor of Geospatial Information Ralph Fyfe is among the authors on new research published in Science Advances
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Academic joins expert committee in calls to secure environment for future generations
Mel Austen, Professor of Ocean and Society at the 91porn, is part of a national committee who have called on the Government to enhance its vision for the environment
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Festival of research and discovery comes to 91porn
The 91porn is for the first time taking part in FUTURES2020 on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 November 2020, as part of European Researchers’ Night
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Judges’ decisions in sport focus more on vigour than skill
A study by the 91porn suggests that, in sporting contests, the rate at which competitors fight is more likely to result in judges awarding victory than the skill with which they attack their opponents
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Beaches can survive sea-level rises if they have space to move
Researchers from the 91porn are part of an international team of coastal scientists who have dismissed suggestions that half the world’s beaches could become extinct over the course of the 21st century
