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Academics contribute to policy advice on nature and coastlines
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have contributed to international policy briefings showing how Malaysia’s coastal infrastructure can not only protect humans and property but also make space for nature
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Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/evolution-of-life-in-the-ocean-changed-170-million-years-ago
Research led by academics from the University of Plymouth suggests the ocean as we understand it today was shaped by a global evolutionary regime shift around 170 million years ago.
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Coastal lights trick coral reefs into spawning earlier than they should
University of Plymouth news: New research shows that corals exposed to artificial light at night are spawning one to three days outside of their optimum reproductive periods.
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Clare Nasir: from mathematics to meteorology
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-features/clare-nasir-from-mathematics-to-meteorology
“You are as good as your teachers, especially in those early years, and so when I came to Plymouth to study maths I pretty much ‘struck gold’.”
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Plastic recycling results in rare metals being found in children’s toys and food packaging
Some of the planet’s rarest metals – used in the manufacture of smartphones and other electrical equipment – are increasingly being found in everyday consumer plastics, according to new research by the University of Plymouth.
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Research reveals strategy for 'no-mining zones' in the deep sea
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/research-reveals-strategy-for-no-mining-zones-in-the-deep-sea
international team of researchers including scientists at the University of Plymouth has developed a comprehensive set of criteria to help the International Seabed Authority (ISA) protect local biodiversity from deep-sea mining activities
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Biodiversity at a Crossroads | Research Festival 2020
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/research-festival/2020/research-festival-biodiversity
University of Plymouth Research Festival 2020: Biodiversity at a Crossroads, investigating how interdisciplinary research responds to global environmental challenges. Monday 20 January 2020.
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Climate change poses significant threat to nutritional benefits of oysters
The nutritional qualities of shellfish could be significantly reduced by future ocean acidification and warming, a new study by the University of Plymouth published in Marine Environmental Research suggests
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Living seawall creates a space for nature along the coastline of Plymouth Sound
University of Plymouth news: The University is leading a project that has seen a series of specially-designed concrete panels installed to make new habitats available to a variety of marine flora and fauna.
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£5million partnership aims to train the scientists of tomorrow
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/_5million-partnership-aims-to-train-the-scientists-of-tomorrow
The University of Plymouth is one of five universities involved in the Advanced Research and Innovation in Environmental Science (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership, which has received more than £5 million from the Natural Environmental Research Council
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