News tagged with: marine-litter
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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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Research explores the potential for mechanical devices to clear the ocean of plastics
New research led by the University of Plymouth suggests that while mechanical devices do remove plastics and other items of marine litter, the quantities removed can be comparatively low and they can also trap marine organisms.
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Leading UK marine scientists welcome the move towards a global plastics pact
Ahead of a major United Nations meeting, researchers from the University of Plymouth and across the South West of England outline their support for a coordinated, comprehensive and robust intergovernmental approach
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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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Message in a bottle project highlights problem of ocean plastic to COP26 delegates
Scientists from the University of Plymouth are part of a project deploying plastic pollution tracking devices into the ocean around Scotland.
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Study reveals abundance of microscopic paint flakes in the North Atlantic
A study by the University of Plymouth and the Marine Biological Association has revealed flakes of paint could be one of the most abundant type of microplastic particles in the ocean
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Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics to the ocean every year
A study by the University of Plymouth’s International Marine Litter Research Unit is the first to explore the potential for rope to become a source of microplastic pollution in the marine environment
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Study provides first holistic assessment of plastic pollution in the Caribbean
A new study, led by the University of Plymouth, has provided the first holistic assessment of marine and land-based plastic pollution in the southern Caribbean and some of the environmental and human factors which might influence its distribution
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University explores impact of climate change and microplastic pollution in the Antarctic
Scientists from the University of Plymouth are involved in an international scientific expedition - Antarctic Quest 21 - investigating humans' impact on the Antarctic
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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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Social media and science combine to show how ship’s plastic cargo dispersed from Florida to Norway
A ship’s container lost overboard in the North Atlantic has resulted in printer cartridges washing up everywhere from the coast of Florida to northern Norway, researchers at the University of Plymouth found.
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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
