Topic Climate Change

Last updated: 29 August 2026

MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence

Environmental technology concept. Sustainable development goals. SDGs.

MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence at Plymouth combines data science with cutting-edge skills in environmental and marine technology to provide an innovative curriculum and an outstanding foundation for your future career.

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Last updated: 29 August 2026

BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with Foundation Year

Students conducting research on Dartmoor.

Build your skills and knowledge on this new four-year course (incorporating a foundation year).

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Last updated: 28 August 2026

Making the world a greener place

Planet Earth in space. Globe in galaxy. Elements of this image furnished by NASA

See how the University is pioneering new ways of thinking and learning about sustainability, green technologies and climate change

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Published: 28 August 2026

‘Damaging the Antarctic damages us all’ – scientists warn of the potential impacts of coastal freshening

A new study by scientists at the University of Plymouth and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has highlighted the impact coastal freshening could have on species living in the shallow coastal waters off Antarctica

Scientists at the University and the British Antarctic Survey investigated how shifts in ocean salinity could affect marine species

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Last updated: 18 August 2026

Seven Worlds, One Planet

An Andean bear scans the cloud forest in Ecuador in search of fruit (Photography: Chadden Hunter. Copyright: BBC NHU)

Our links to Sir David Attenborough's series include providing scientific and medical advice to the presenter and production team

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Published: 18 August 2026

Plymouth academic helps shape how the world adapts to climate change

Dr Cho Kwong Charlie Lam, Associate Professor in Environmental Intelligence, attended a key meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change

Dr Cho Kwong Charlie Lam recently attended a crucial IPCC meeting in the Bahamas

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Last updated: 3 August 2026

Antarctic Canyon Experiment (ACE)

Underwater wave

How do ice sheets affect turbidity currents and organic carbon cycling?

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Last updated: 3 August 2026

Climate-controlled submarine landslides on the Antarctic continental margin

Ross Sea Continental Ice Shelf, Antarctica

International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 374

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Last updated: 3 August 2026

Health and Decarbonisation

Patient putting Pepper through his paces

Understanding health impacts of climate change

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Last updated: 3 August 2026

Environment, Ecosystem and Decarbonisation

Microplastics on the beach

Addressing environmental priorities

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