News tagged with: marine

Symposium aims to address global challenges facing maritime security

The inaugural Maritime Cyber Threats and Awareness Symposium at the University of Plymouth will bring together leading researchers from the University with key figures from both maritime and cyber security industries
8 May 2018
University receives Government funding to analyse impact of tyres and textiles on the marine environment

Scientists from the University of Plymouth's International Marine Litter Research Unit have received Government funding to analyse the impact of tyres and clothing on the marine environment
4 May 2018
Project helps to guard beaches against the scourge of plastic pollution

University of Plymouth Marine Biology student Emily Stevenson is hoping to use her organisation Beach Guardian to clean up Cornwall's beaches and educate people about the threat of marine litter
26 April 2018
Winter wave heights and extreme storms on the rise in Western Europe

Average winter wave heights along the Atlantic coast of Western Europe have been rising for almost seven decades, according to new research by the National Centre for Scientific Research in France, the University of Bordeaux and the University of Plymouth
24 April 2018
Free event celebrates benefits of the marine environment for human health and wellbeing

A free event at the University of Plymouth will explore the many and varied ways that the marine environment can benefit human health and wellbeing, including fields such as antibiotics, dementia, psychology and social work
17 April 2018
Short film aims to raise profile of the effects of early onset dementia

A film which seeks to highlight the effects if early onset dementia is to be premiered during a free event supported by the Marine Institute at the University of Plymouth
17 April 2018
Marine litter student awarded scholarship from Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic

University of Plymouth PhD student Imogen Napper has been awarded a scholarship by Sky Ocean Rescue and National Geographic to investigate the most effective ways to prevent microplastics being released into the environment when washing clothes
16 April 2018
University wave model to enable preparation for storm events in the South West

Scientists at the University of Plymouth have set up the Operational Wave and Water Level (OWWL) model to provide detailed forecasts of wave and water levels that will aid in the management of coastal flooding and other coastal hazards
11 April 2018
Marine-i highlights exciting future for composite materials

Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i provides support for marine technology businesses in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and its Discovery Room events bring together the latest thinking on a theme of marine technology
29 March 2018
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
26 March 2018
University scientists contribute to government’s Future of the Sea report

Professor Richard Thompson and Professor Tom Hutchinson, from the University of Plymouth, contributed to the Foresight Future of the Sea report, published by the Government Office for Science
22 March 2018
Decreased oxygen levels could present hidden threat to marine species, study suggests

Scientists from the University of Plymouth have shown that creatures which develop in hypoxic (low oxygen) conditions in the marine environment could experience previously unseen hindered development, and become compromised as adults.
14 March 2018