Pages tagged with: marine
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Boosting livelihoods and conservation practices among small-scale fishermen
Research by the Blue Marine Foundation and the University of Plymouth Marine Institute, funded through a donation from Superdry co-founder Julian Dunkerton, aims to improve the conservation of fish and the incomes of fishermen in UK coastal waters
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Dr Adam Rees, Blue Marine Foundation Research Officer
University of Plymouth graduate Dr Adam Rees has been working on the Lyme Bay project for almost a decade and is now Research Officer on a major new partnership
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Open Seas, Open Science
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Open Seas, Open Science. Marine Institute workshop. University of Plymouth, 27 April 2018.
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Short film aims to raise profile of the effects of early onset dementia
A film which seeks to highlight the effects if early onset dementia is to be premiered during a free event supported by the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth
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Free event celebrates benefits of the marine environment for human health and wellbeing
A free event at the University of Plymouth will explore the many and varied ways that the marine environment can benefit human health and wellbeing, including fields such as antibiotics, dementia, psychology and social work
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Marine litter student awarded scholarship from Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic
University of Plymouth PhD student Imogen Napper has been awarded a scholarship by Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic to investigate the most effective ways to prevent microplastics being released into the environment when washing clothes
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University wave model to enable preparation for storm events in the South West
Scientists at the University of Plymouth have set up the Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model to provide detailed forecasts of wave and water levels that will aid in the management of coastal flooding and other coastal hazards
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Marine-i highlights exciting future for composite materials
Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i provides support for marine technology businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and its Discovery Room events bring together the latest thinking on a theme of marine technology
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Marine-i Discovery Room: Composite materials
What's on at the University of Plymouth: Marine-i Discovery Room: Composite materials. Understanding sector challenges and opportunities for innovation. St Austell, Cornwall, 30 April 2018.
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Student to swap labs for life on the ocean waves to gain greater understanding of microplastic pollution
Unversity of Plymouth news: Imogen Napper, a PhD researcher at the University of Plymouth, is one of 24 women signed up to participate in eXXpedition North Pacific 2018, which will start in Hawaii on June 23 and finish in Seattle around five weeks later
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University scientists contribute to government’s Future of the Sea report
Professor Richard Thompson and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the University of Plymouth, contributed to the Foresight Future of the Sea report, published by the Government Office for Science
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Decreased oxygen levels could present hidden threat to marine species, study suggests
Scientists from the University of Plymouth have shown that creatures which develop in hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions in the marine environment could experience previously unseen hindered development, and become compromised as adults.