Pages tagged with: school-of-biological-and-marine-sciences
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International charity launches teaching tools showcasing university marine research
Environmental charity EarthEcho International is launching a series of free teaching tools featuring University of Plymouth research and facilities, including videos, lesson plans and design challenges
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Mixtape plays again more than two decades after vanishing on Spanish holiday
The University of Plymouth has worked with artist Mandy Barker to tell the amazing story of a mixtape she found washed up on a beach in 2017
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Losing coastal plant communities to climate change will weaken sea defences
Coastal plant communities are a crucial element of global sea defences but are increasingly threatened by the human-induced effects of climate change, according to new research led by the University of Plymouth
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Marine biology students get opportunity to work with Blue Planet cameraman
Doug Anderson has praised the students and facilities at the University of Plymouth after spending a month here as part of an upcoming project
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Marine turtles and climate change
Marine turtles and climate change. Annual University of Plymouth Biology Lecture 2019.
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Documenting the incredible diversity of southern Africa
University of Plymouth Professor David Bilton has spent almost two decades working to understand the complex and unique species inhabiting the southern tip of Africa.
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![<p>Heavy rain falls across Dartmoor on Saturday 09 November 2019 (Credit Lloyd Russell, University of Plymouth)<br></p>]()
Future rainfall could far outweigh current climate predictions, study suggests
The UK’s uplands could in future see significantly more annual rainfall than is currently being predicted in national climate models, according to new research by the University of Plymouth
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Scientists call for a more ambitious approach to management of Marine Protected Areas
Senior Research Fellow Dr Emma Sheehan and Research Assistant Tom Mullier, from the University of Plymouth's School of Biological and Marine Sciences, are among those to share their expertise in Marine Protected Areas: Science, Policy and Management
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University researchers contribute to RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report
Dr Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Dr Jacob Bedford, from the University of Plymouth, were invited to co-author the marine chapter of the RSPB’s State of Nature 2019 report, which also cites research from across the School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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Scientists set sail on round-the-world plastics initiative
The eXXpedition Round the World voyage set sail from the University of Plymouth Marine Station on October 8 and the crew will undertake a range of research projects developed by the University's International Marine Litter Research Unit
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The actual island of Fatato, part of Tuvalu in the Pacific Ocean north of New Zealand
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Study aims to provide accurate assessment of impact of future sea level rises on coral reef islands
Remote islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans have for many years been considered vulnerable to climate change, but research by the universities of Plymouth and Auckland is seeking to demonstrate they are more resilient than previously suggested
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![<p>Dr Tim O’Hare, Deputy Head of the School of Biological and Marine Sciences, with Professor S. Ramananda Shetty, Vice-Chancellor of Nitte University in India<br></p>]()
University signs Memorandum of Understanding to further research into climate change
The University of Plymouth and Nitte University in India have entered a formal partnership to further research into the impact of climate change on the marine environment and public health
