News tagged with: plankton
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Pairing old and new technologies could unlock advances in plankton science
University of Plymouth news: New research led by the University highlights the benefits of existing long-term plankton monitoring programmes and emerging technologies in monitoring the health of our seas
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Researcher awarded place on prestigious Alan Turing Institute enrichment scheme
University of Plymouth news: Matthew Faith is using the opportunity to expand his work looking at changes among plankton communities in the Atlantic
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Ambitious study to explore effects of offshore wind farms on ocean life
University of Plymouth news: The FRONTLINE project will use autonomous underwater vehicles, satellite remote sensing and other surveys to investigate how the rapid expansion of floating offshore wind energy is likely to affect marine life.
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University scientist plays key role in global Plankton Manifesto
University of Plymouth news: Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop helped to develop a landmark document, unveiled at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, which emphasises the critical role of plankton for the planet.
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Small but mighty – study highlights the abundance and importance of the ocean’s tiniest inhabitants
University of Plymouth news: New research led by the University sheds light on tiny plankton, which measure less than 0.02mm in diameter but can make up more than 70% of the plankton biomass found in the ocean.
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Researchers help to highlight the true scale of UK’s nature loss
University of Plymouth news: Researchers from the University have played an important part in developing the State of Nature 2023 report, which provides a detailed picture of how nature is faring across our towns, cities, the countryside and seas
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Six decades of decline sparks call to protect the foundation of the marine food web
University of Plymouth news: Scientists from the University of Plymouth, working with partners across the UK and Europe, have published a new assessment of plankton abundance in the North East Atlantic
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Innovative plankton monitoring tool holds key to assessing health of ocean life
Researchers from the University of Plymouth have helped to create the Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool, a free, online tool to make complex plankton datasets easier and more accessible for all
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Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs
New research led by the University of Plymouth shows that larger, nutritious plankton – vital to support fish, seabirds and marine mammals – are being replaced by tiny, primary producers that are of poorer food quality
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Study shows six decades of change in UK’s plankton communities
Involving leading marine scientists from across the UK, led by the University of Plymouth, new research for the first time combines the findings of UK offshore surveys such as the Continuous Plankton Recorder and UK inshore long-term time-series.
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Plymouth scientists highlight effects of climate change on UK’s plankton
Marine scientists from the University of Plymouth have worked on a major study highlighting the effects of climate change on the plankton populations in UK seas
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The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series
Scientists from the University of Plymouth and the Marine Biological Association collaborated on new research showing there has been a significant increase in open-ocean plastics in recent decades