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Academic contributes to new book highlighting urgency of the climate emergency
Ian Bailey, Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of Plymouth, is among the experts who have written chapters for a new book released to coincide with COP26
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International call for greater appreciation and understanding of the world’s sand resources
Dr Ian Selby, Director of Sustainable Geoscience at the University of Plymouth, is among the authors on a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) into sand and sustainability
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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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Scientists unravel how and why Amazon trees die
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/scientists-unravel-how-and-why-amazon-trees-die
Dr Sophie Fauset, Lecturer in Environmental Science at the University of Plymouth, has contributed to new research showing what factors control tree mortality rates in Amazon forests
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University scientists help to unlock hidden secrets of UK meteorite
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/university-scientists-help-to-unlock-hidden-secrets-of-uk-meteorite
Dr Natasha Stephen and colleagues in the University of Plymouth’s Electron Microscopy Centre have been trying to determine the Winchcombe meteorite's mineralogy and chemistry to better understand how the solar system formed
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Environmental and Fluid Modelling (EFMG)
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/impact/environmental-and-fluid-modelling-group
Environmental and Fluid Modelling (EFMG) is changing the way science visualises porous materials. And in their market-leading PoreXpert product, they’ve distilled this expertise to create one of the University’s brightest commercial prospects.
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University gets UNESCO backing to enhance global geoscience awareness
Professor Iain Stewart, Director of the Sustainable Earth Institute at the University of Plymouth, has successfully applied to create a UNESCO Chair in Geoscience and Society
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Geologists reveal ancient connection between England and France
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/geologists-reveal-ancient-connection-between-england-and-france
Geologists based at the University of Plymouth have a paper out in Nature Communications following an extensive study of mineral properties at exposed rock features across Devon and Cornwall
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Tropical forests may be approaching a critical high-temperature threshold
University of Plymouth news: A study published in Nature, co-authored by Associate Professor in Terrestrial Ecology Dr Sophie Fauset, has found some tropical leaves are already reaching temperatures at which they can no longer function.
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National award success for Rail Partnership
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/national-award-success-for-rail-partnership
The Devon & Cornwall Rail Partnership, based in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, won two categories at the national Community Rail Awards
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