Pages tagged with: biodiversity

Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them

What's on at the University of Plymouth: Eating to Extinction: The World's Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them. Discussing the book by Don Saladino. 27 January 2022.

27Jan 202218:30 - 20:00

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

New book explores the causes and consequences of our biodiversity crisis

Professor of Marine Zoology John Spicer, from the University of Plymouth, has published a new book highlighting the grave challenges facing global biodiversity and the actions which need to be taken to preserve it

Marine Conservation Research Group

University of Plymouth Marine Conservation Research Group

The Brexit battle for marine biodiversity

University of Plymouth Pioneers: Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, The Brexit battle for marine biodiversity

Ecology and Evolution Research Group

University of Plymouth research: Ecology and Evolution Research Group. Investigating relationships between organisms and their environment to better inform scientific understanding and management of biodiversity

Do species move, adapt or die?

What's on at the University of Plymouth: Do species move, adapt or die? Biodiversity, ecological change and community dynamics in the Anthropocene. University of Plymouth, 22 January 2018.

22Jan 201809:00 - 17:00

Scientists publish seminal study into impact of nanoparticles on living species

Conceived by researchers at the University of Plymouth, the study assessed how the guts of species from honey bees to humans could protect against the bioaccumulation and toxicological effects of engineered nanomaterials found within the environment

Biodiversity

Details of our biodiversity policy at the University of Plymouth.

Research suggests ponies could play critical role in Dartmoor's future health

A research project – coordinated by the Dartmoor Pony Heritage Trust with researchers at the University of Plymouth - suggests ponies make a positive contribution to conservation management on Dartmoor

Documenting the incredible diversity of southern Africa

University of Plymouth Professor David Bilton has spent almost two decades working to understand the complex and unique species inhabiting the southern tip of Africa.

‘Hiding in plain sight’ – new species discovery raises questions over scale of overlooked biodiversity

Scientists from the University of Plymouth and the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona have used cutting edge DNA technology to demonstrate that one of Europe’s top freshwater predators is actually two species rather than one