Press office news tagged marine
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University helps to pilot pioneering clean maritime initiative
University of Plymouth news: The University is part of a project that will showcase how clean maritime technologies can provide energy flexibility to harbours and ports, at the same time as benefitting the UK’s energy grid
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Microplastic revolutionary named in the inaugural TIME100 Health list
University of Plymouth news: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS has been selected by TIME magazine to feature in its inaugural list of the world’s most influential individuals in health.
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University leads largest ever research programme to take place on an atoll island
University of Plymouth news: Researchers from the University have taken part in an extensive programme of research on an uninhabited atoll island in the Maldives, the first fieldwork to take place as part of the £2.8 million ARISE project.
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Escape the vapes: scientists call for global shift to curb consumer use of disposable technologies
University of Plymouth news: Academics from across the UK, writing in the journal Science, have called for worldwide action to halt the environmental threats posed by single-use electronic devices.
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Academic invited to help develop China’s offshore renewable energy revolution
University of Plymouth news: Professor Lars Johanning has been invited as International Co-Chair to lead an expert group exploring China’s future use of ocean energy
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Community beach clean-ups could beat high-tech solutions for clearing plastic pollution
University of Plymouth news: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS, Head of our International Marine Litter Research Unit, is the lead author on a new report by the Royal Society looking at ways to remove plastic from the environment
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International experts issue renewed call for Global Plastics Treaty to be grounded in robust science
University of Plymouth news: A University researcher and graduate are among the signatories of a letter published in Science ahead of the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) begins in Canada
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Seychelles beach cleans demonstrate potential for citizen science to tackle marine litter
University of Plymouth news: Students and academics from the University have collaborated on new research monitoring the effectiveness of beach cleans in the Seychelles
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Retention ponds can deliver a substantial reduction in tyre particle pollution
University of Plymouth news: A new study has shown that retention ponds and wetlands constructed as part of major road schemes can reduce the quantities of tyre particles entering the aquatic environment by an average of 75%
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Initiative increases awareness of the threats posed by light pollution to the global ocean
University of Plymouth news: The Global Ocean Artificial Light at Night Network has been launched at the United Nations Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona
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University features on BBC’s Great Coastal Railway Journeys
University of Plymouth news: The University’s offshore renewable energy and marine autonomy expertise and facilities have been showcased in an episode of BBC 2’s Great Coastal Railway Journeys
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Scientists call on United States to take a positive stance to end plastic pollution
University of Plymouth news: Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS is one of three signatories on a letter to United States President Joe Biden calling for independent scientific evidence to inform his country’s position on the global plastics treaty.
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