Press office news tagged school-of-geography-earth-and-environmental-sciences
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Project combines geology and technology to generate a new approach to calculating earthquake hazard
Dr Zoë Mildon, Lecturer in Earth Sciences at the University of Plymouth, has been awarded £1.1million to develop a new means of modelling all aspects of the earthquake cycle
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Research tells Government what farmers want from new peatland strategy
Dr John Martin and PhD student Adam Guy, from the University of Plymouth, were involved in a major new report which suggests farmers and land managers need greater control of a forthcoming peatland restoration scheme in order for it to succeed
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Treating Covid-19 could lead to increased antimicrobial resistance
Research by the University of Plymouth and Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust suggests the use of antibiotics in the treatment of COVID-19 patients could be placing an additional burden on waste water treatment works.
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Scientists join UK voyage assessing the health of our oceans
Dr Charlotte Braungardt and Dr Richard Sandford - from the University of Plymouth’s School of Geography, Earth and Environment Sciences - will be leading a range of scientific observations, experiments and problem-solving sessions
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Girls into Geoscience 2020 gives pupils a virtual insight into the Earth sciences
Girls into Geoscience, coordinated by the University of Plymouth, will be an online-only event in 2020 and more than 250 girls from across the UK and Ireland have signed up to take part.
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Study uses water data to map population changes caused by tourism
A two-year research project led by the University of Plymouth aims to assess the pressures placed by tourism on the South West’s resources and infrastructure
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Study shows potentially harmful arsenic levels at popular former mining works
A study by the University of Plymouth has shown that arsenic levels at a former mining site in the Tamar Valley are posing a health risk to employees and the public using the site.
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Fossil reveals evidence of 200 million-year-old ‘squid’ attack
A new study led by the University of Plymouth has uncovered what is believed to be the world’s oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its prey.
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International project aims to help communities address the effects of soil erosion
The University of Plymouth has received funding as part of a joint BBSRC-NERC Research Translation programme, and builds on the Jali ardhi (meaning ‘care for the land’ in Swahili) project
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Study offers new insight into the impact of ancient migrations on the European landscape
Scientists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Plymouth led research tracing how the two major human migrations recorded in Holocene Europe unfolded
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‘Fossil earthquakes’ offer new insight into seismic activity deep below earth’s surface
The research was led by the University of Plymouth and University of Oslo, with scientists conducting geological observations of seismic structures in exhumed lower crustal rocks on the Lofoten Islands
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Documentary aims to reveal the human side of earthquake science
The 60-minute documentary Pseudotachylyte, by Associate Professor in Photography Heidi Morstang, focuses on a University of Plymouth research project examining the mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface.