Pages tagged with: marine-litter
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![<p>Environmental Issue: Underwater image of Plastic in the Ocean. The location here is Phi Phi Islands, Krabi, Thailand.<br></p>]()
Connecting the dots on plastic pollution
Professor Richard Thompson OBE, a world-leading scientist at the University of Plymouth, has welcomed a new report highlighting that the predicted rise in plastic pollution spilling into the environment constitutes a planetary emergency
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Message in a bottle project highlights problem of ocean plastic to COP26 delegates
Scientists from the University of Plymouth are part of a project deploying plastic pollution tracking devices into the ocean around Scotland.
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Preventing Plastic Pollution (PPP)
Preventing Plastic Pollution (PPP) is a €14million funded EU INTERREG VA France (Channel) England Programme project co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund which will work across seven pilot sites.
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Study reveals abundance of microscopic paint flakes in the North Atlantic
A study by the University of Plymouth and the Marine Biological Association has revealed flakes of paint could be one of the most abundant type of microplastic particles in the ocean
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TYRE-LOSS: Lost at Sea – where are all the tyre particles?
TYRE-LOSS: Lost at Sea – where are all the tyre particles? The new study aims to assess an until now hidden form of marine litter and show the effects it could have on our seas.
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Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics to the ocean every year
A study by the University of Plymouth’s International Marine Litter Research Unit is the first to explore the potential for rope to become a source of microplastic pollution in the marine environment
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Student to swap labs for life on the ocean waves to gain greater understanding of microplastic pollution
University 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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Study provides first holistic assessment of plastic pollution in the Caribbean
A new study, led by the University of Plymouth, has provided the first holistic assessment of marine and land-based plastic pollution in the southern Caribbean and some of the environmental and human factors which might influence its distribution
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BIO-PLASTIC-RISK: biodegradable bioplastics – assessing environmental risk
BIO-PLASTIC-RISK: biodegradable bioplastics – assessing environmental risk. Research will establish the fate of Biodegradable bioplastics (BBPs) in the environment and their effect on organisms and ecosystem function.
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![<p>Environmental Issue: Underwater image of Plastic in the Ocean. The location here is Phi Phi Islands, Krabi, Thailand.<br></p>]()
PISCES: a systems analysis approach to reduce plastic waste in Indonesian societies
PISCES: A systems analysis approach to reduce plastic waste in Indonesian societies
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University explores impact of climate change and microplastic pollution in the Antarctic
Scientists from the University of Plymouth are involved in an international scientific expedition - Antarctic Quest 21 - investigating humans' impact on the Antarctic
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Message in a bottle project launches with new scientific trackers
The University of Plymouth is among the partners in a first-of-its-kind study tracking how plastic bottle pollution moves through the open ocean, with each device named for a G7 nation.
