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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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Could dark carbon be concealing the true scale of ocean ‘dead zones’?
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/could-dark-carbon-be-concealing-the-true-scale-of-ocean-dead-zones
A study led by Dr Sabine Lengger, from the University of Plymouth, measured the stable isotopes of organic carbon in sediment cores taken from the ocean floor
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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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SWDTP opportunities
South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP): Economic and Social Research at the University of Plymouth
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Concessionary bus travel has fallen by a third following COVID-19 pandemic
University of Plymouth news: New research shows the total number of concessionary bus journeys fell from 95million in 2019 to 61.2million in 2022, in spite of the number of active passholders falling by just 2.6%
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A real climate solution
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/a-real-climate-solution
Dr Scott Davidson, Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience at the University of Plymouth, says why wetlands should be a key topic of conversation at COP26
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Study examines causes of earthquakes originating deep below earth’s surface
The mechanisms which cause earthquake cycles to begin up to 40km below the earth’s surface are to be explored in a new research project led by the University of Plymouth and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council
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Extreme weather and earthquakes need greater attention when examining Nepal’s landslides
Scientists from the University of Plymouth helped to compile a database of almost 13,000 recorded monsoon-triggered landslides spanning a period of almost 30 years
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COP26: Did world leaders get their priorities right?
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/cop26-did-world-leaders-get-their-priorities-right
Ian Bailey, Professor of Environmental Politics at the University of Plymouth, says COP26 broke new ground but world leaders are still trying to solve climate change in the context of other priorities.
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