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Leading scientists express concern over micro plastics in the ocean
Plymouth University news: Microplastics are becoming an increased concern because of their widespread presence in the oceans and the potential physical risks they pose to organisms.
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One Giant Read giving audiences an out of this world literary experience
Plymouth University news: Science fact and science fiction collides with an initiative themed around the Principia Mission to the International Space Station
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Academic’s stunning image of rare owl shortlisted for photographic award
Professor Peter Burkill, Professor of Ocean Science at the University of Plymouth, has been shortlisted for the Royal Society of Biology’s Photographer of the Year award after capturing this stunning picture of a rare Blakiston’s fish owl
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Opening up oceans of opportunity
Plymouth University News: Students wanting to pursue a career in the marine sciences now have greater opportunity to get a first-rate education after Plymouth University launched four new degree programmes
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Plymouth scientists highlight effects of climate change on UK’s plankton
Marine scientists from the University of Plymouth have worked on a major study highlighting the effects of climate change on the plankton populations in UK seas
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Warmer and acidified oceans can lead to ‘hidden’ changes in species behaviour
Research published in Nature Climate Change, involving scientists at the University of Plymouth, shows that in warmer seawater with lower pH, a common clam – the peppery furrow shell (Scrobicularia plana) – makes considerable changes to its feeding habits
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Spinout raises £680,000 to speed development of novel vaccines
The Vaccine Group, a University of Plymouth spinout company, has raised £680,000 in equity funding to enhance its research into novel vaccine technologies.
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Interdisciplinary approach the only way to address devastating effects of soil erosion
A study led by the University of Plymouth has shown traditional pastoralist communities – such as the Maasai in East Africa – are abundantly aware climate change and intensive grazing are having a marked effect on the resources they rely on for survival
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Research explores soil erosion’s impact on food, water and energy security
Scientists at the University of Plymouth and the University of Valdivia in Chile are leading an international project which aims to evaluate and address soil erosion and siltation challenges in Latin America.
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Slow Painting exhibition comes to The Arts Institute
Southbank Centre’s Hayward Gallery Touring presents Slow Painting, an exhibition of paintings that take their time, and invite us to do the same.
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Rising sea-levels and increased storms pose threat to coastal communities
Scientists at the University of Plymouth have completed a study for the Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership which shows the rate of coastal erosion around the UK is expected to increase substantially in the future
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University spinout secures equity funding to enhance development of robot fruit harvesters
University of Plymouth spinout company Fieldwork Robotics has raised almost £300,000 through an initial equity funding round