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Marine organisms can shred a carrier bag into 1.75 million pieces, study shows
A single plastic carrier bag could be shredded by marine organisms into 1.75 million microscopic fragments, according to new research published in Marine Pollution Bulletin and carried out by the University of Plymouth
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Connecting the dots on plastic pollution
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/connecting-the-dots-on-plastic-pollution
Professor Richard Thompson OBE, a world-leading scientist at the University of Plymouth, has welcomed a new report highlighting that the predicted rise in plastic pollution spilling into the environment constitutes a planetary emergency
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Scientists develop a plan to manage lionfish populations in the Mediterranean
A new Guide to Lionfish Management in the Mediterranean features a series of recommendations through which they hope lionfish populations can be managed.
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Volvo Environment Prize 2022 awarded for world-leading microplastics research
Volvo Environment Prize 2022 awarded for world-leading microplastics research. Professor Richard Thompson OBE is one of three recipients of the prestigious annual accolade
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Researcher makes key contribution to David Attenborough’s film about the ocean
University of Plymouth news: Dr Bryce Stewart helped with filming scenes and advised on the script for Ocean with David Attenborough, a film that premiered in early May
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Plastics and rising CO2 pose combined threat to marine environment
Research involving the University of Plymouth found that three weeks in the ocean greatly altered the bacterial diversity on plastic bottles.
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University researchers help provide a beacon of hope in quest to eradicate ghost fishing
Professor Richard Thompson OBE and Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones, of the University of Plymouth’s International Marine Litter Research Unit, worked on a new report showing that a simple piece of technology could reduce the fishing gear lost to our oceans
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Message in a bottle project launches with new scientific trackers
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/message-in-a-bottle-project-launches-with-new-scientific-trackers
The University of Plymouth is among the partners in a first-of-its-kind study tracking how plastic bottle pollution moves through the open ocean, with each device named for a G7 nation.
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Targeted removals and monitoring can help manage lionfish in Mediterranean
Scientists from the University of Plymouth, working as part of the European Union-funded RELIONMED project, teamed up with specially trained divers and citizen scientists to conduct a series of lionfish removal events and surveys over a six-month period
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University researchers contribute to RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report
Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Dr Jacob Bedford, from the University of Plymouth, were invited to co-author the marine chapter of the RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report, which also cites research from across the School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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