Pages tagged with: rivers

“African Flowers”: Aeolian plastic pollution in deserts

Professor Anne Mather secured GCRF funding in 2018: “African Flowers”: Aeolian plastic pollution in deserts

Study highlights how humans and nature are causing significant changes to the health of global rivers

New research involving the University of Plymouth shows rivers such as the Amazon, Mississippi and Congo are seeing increased levels of solutes such as calcium and potassium

Combined flows send up to 3 billion microplastics a day into Bay of Bengal

Led by the University of Plymouth, the study represents the first investigation of microplastic abundance, characteristics and seasonal variation along the Ganges River.

Flows of entanglement: how rivers shape identities

University of Plymouth - Flows of entanglement: how rivers shape identities. This panel invites scholars from a diverse range of disciplines to consider the entangled and fluid ways in which rivers shape identities.

5Sep 201913:00

Catchment and River Applied Research (CaRAR)

University of Plymouth Catchment and River Applied Research (CaRAR)

Lack of bacterial absorption means common pharmaceuticals retain potential to cause damage in aquatic environments

Plymouth University news: More sophisticated methods may be required to assess the accumulation and impact of human and veterinary pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment, scientists say following a research project led by the University of Plymouth

€14m project to prevent plastic pollution in the English Channel

Preventing Plastic Pollution, a project involving the University of Plymouth, will develop a model to gather data on the amount and likely sources of plastic pollution at seven pilot sites, including the River Tamar catchment

Gravel bringing salmon back to Devon river

Researchers at the University of Plymouth are part of a project trying to understand some of the challenges faced by salmon spawning in rivers on Dartmoor