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Devon Net Zero Innovation Fund

Deadline approaching for Devon Net Zero Innovation Fund applications

The Devon Net Zero Innovation Fund, run by the University of Plymouth, is offering grants of up to £7,500 to companies looking develop new products or services for the low carbon sector

Drake's reservoir

Plymouth takes the lead as universities commit to climate action

Professor Judith Petts CBE, the University of Plymouth’s Vice-Chancellor, has led the development of a new set of climate commitments endorsed by 140 universities and released ahead of the COP26 conference.

The first turn of the Yangtze at Shigu in Yunnan Province, China, where the river turns 180 degrees from south- to northbound

Study highlights how humans and nature are causing significant changes to the health of global rivers

New research involving the University of Plymouth shows rivers such as the Amazon, Mississippi and Congo are seeing increased levels of solutes such as calcium and potassium

Conceptual art for the CobBauge facility - credit, Fox Ecological Architects

Construction begins on innovative CobBauge research building

The University of Plymouth's CobBauge project is constructing a building on campus made from the re-engineered material.

Future Plymouth 2030 - artwork by Joe Meldrum

City partners set to launch second season of Future Plymouth 2030 webinars

The University is a partner in the Future Plymouth 2030 webinar series that returns with a second season of events focused on building a sustainable city

Nitrogen dioxide concentrations over Europe. This image uses data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite showing polluting nitrogen dioxide concentrations in March–April 2019 prior to pandemic restrictions lowering the amount. Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2019–20), processed by KNMI/ESA.

Out of this world

Astronomers could be the key to better communication of climate issues according to a new comment piece by a University sociologist in Nature Astronomy

The Ocean Futures programme aims to create a blueprint for the South West’s future blue economy (Credit University of Plymouth)

Consortium submits plan to confirm South West’s status as a global leader in ocean technology innovation

The University of Plymouth is part of a consortium that has submitted a plan to Government which would confirm the South West’s position at the global forefront of ocean technology research and innovation

Aqua superPower fast charging a fully electric boat

Plymouth to host UK’s first charging network for electric maritime vessels

The University of Plymouth is working with Plymouth City Council, Princess Yachts Limited and Aqua SuperPower to develop a network of electric maritime charging facilities around Plymouth Sound

A Cuttlefish (sepia officinalis) approaches one of the baited camera surveys carried out by researchers in the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area (Credit University of Plymouth)

Marine Protected Area status can boost fish populations by almost 400%

A new study by the University of Plymouth has shown that protecting areas of the ocean and coastlines with “whole-site” Marine Protected Area status can result in four-fold increases in the abundance and diversity of fish populations

The seabed of Lyme Bay covered with a forest of pink sea fans in 2017

Seabed recovers more quickly following extreme storms than from the impacts of bottom-towed fishing

New research by the University of Plymouth examined the impact of the 2013/14 winter storms on the Lyme Bay Marine Protected Area

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Innovative process enables the recycling and reuse of electric vehicle battery components on a commercial scale

Altilium Metals Ltd is working with the University of Plymouth to develop a method through which the elements critical for EV batteries can be reused

John Spicer

New book explores the causes and consequences of our biodiversity crisis

Professor of Marine Zoology John Spicer, from the University of Plymouth, has published a new book highlighting the grave challenges facing global biodiversity and the actions which need to be taken to preserve it