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Scientists join UK voyage assessing the health of our oceans
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/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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Research expedition aims to reveal hidden secrets of volcanic tsunamis
With funding from the Natural Environment Research Council, researchers from the University of Plymouth will spend several days on the Aeolian island of Stromboli this spring assessing the impacts of a volcanic eruption on July 3, 2019
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Tropical forests’ carbon sink is already rapidly weakening
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/tropical-forests-carbon-sink-is-already-rapidly-weakening
A study involving the University of Plymouth provides the first large-scale evidence that carbon uptake by the world’s tropical forests has already started a worrying downward trend
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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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Black Death mortality was not as widespread as previously thought
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/black-death-mortality
New research involving the University of Plymouth shows the Black Death had a devastating impact in some regions of Europe – however, parts of the continent experienced little or no effect
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Survey assesses impact of organised crime on Devon and Cornwall’s farming communities
University of Plymouth news: Survey assesses impact of organised crime on Devon and Cornwall’s farming communities. Researchers from the University are working to identify and map the impacts of organised crime in rural areas.
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Fossil reveals evidence of 200 million-year-old ‘squid’ attack
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/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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University researcher helps to recover first meteorite found in UK for 30 years
Dr Natasha Stephen, Lecturer in Advanced Analysis (Earth & Planetary Sciences) at the University of Plymouth, was part of a collaborative effort to locate and analyse fragments of the meteorite that lit up the sky over the UK and Northern Europe
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University researcher contributes to study into the limits of life on Earth
Dr Hayley Manners, Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at the University of Plymouth, and colleagues from 29 different institutes found single-celled microorganisms living in sediments more than a kilometre into the ocean floor – and at a temperature of 120°C
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Environmentalist to call for global planetary authority at Sustainable Earth Institute event
Angus Forbes, a former banker-turned-environmentalist and public speaker, is to deliver his Nessun Dorma talk and call for a global authority to control the Earth's biosphere.
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