Pages tagged with: climate-change
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![<p>Alice Mosley, Plymouth Pioneer<br></p>]()
7 questions with Alice Mosley
7 questions with Alice Mosley. Get to know our BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour and Welfare student who is influencing change for a greener world for both humans and animals.
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University of Plymouth takes lead role in national Climate Commission
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Plymouth, Professor Judith Petts CBE, is heading up the new Climate Commission for UK Higher and Further Education Leaders
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Making the world a greener place
The University of Plymouth Is pioneering new ways of thinking, learning and acting about sustainability, green technologies and climate change
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Scientists join climate task force to deliver Devon’s carbon plan
The University of Plymouth's Professor Iain Stewart and Professor Ian Bailey are among experts invited to join the Net-Zero Task Force established by Devon County Council
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University scientists selected to join NERC Advisory Network
Dr Sian Rees and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the University of Plymouth's Faculty of Science and Engineering, have been appointed to the Natural Environment Research Council's Advisory Network
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Technique could assess historic changes to Antarctic sea ice and glaciers
Plymouth University news: Historic changes to Antarctic sea ice could be unravelled using a new technique pioneered by scientists at Plymouth University
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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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The actual island of Fatato, part of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean north of New Zealand
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Study aims to provide accurate assessment of impact of future sea level rises on coral reef islands
Remote islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have for many years been considered vulnerable to climate change, but research by the universities of Plymouth and Auckland is seeking to demonstrate they are more resilient than previously suggested
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![<p>Dr Tim O’Hare, Deputy Head of the School of Biological and Marine Sciences, with Professor S. Ramananda Shetty, Vice-Chancellor of Nitte University in India<br></p>]()
University signs Memorandum of Understanding to further research into climate change
The University of Plymouth and Nitte University in India have entered a formal partnership to further research into the impact of climate change on the marine environment and public health
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![<p>An Edith's checkerspot butterfly on narrow-leaved plantain (Michael C Singer. University of Plymouth)<br></p>]()
Rapid evolution fails to save butterflies from extinction in face of human-induced change
In a study in Nature, Professors Michael C Singer and Camille Parmesan from the University of Plymouth use more than 30 years of research to show the evolution of wild species can cause localised extinctions when land management practices change
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Corals, such as this table Acroporid, provide habitats for a wide range of fauna (photo: Marco
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Study shows ocean acidification is having major impact on marine life
Scientists from the University of Plymouth, working with colleagues in Japan and Italy, say cuts in global CO2 emissions are essential to limit further damage to coral reefs and kelp forests
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Sea snail shells dissolve in increasingly acidified oceans, study shows
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and the University of Plymouth, UK, assessed the impact of rising carbon dioxide levels on the large predatory “triton shell” gastropod (Charonia lampas)
