Pages tagged with: rivers
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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.
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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.
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Catchment and River Applied Research (CaRAR)
University of Plymouth Catchment and River Applied Research (CaRAR)
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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
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“African Flowers”: Aeolian plastic pollution in deserts
Professor Anne Mather secured GCRF funding in 2018: “African Flowers”: Aeolian plastic pollution in deserts
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€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
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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