Topic Climate Change

Published: 29 August 2024

Children contribute to group projects when there are clear and common goals

Children working together on a garden

A new study examined children’s responses during a game where targets could only be achieved by working together

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Last updated: 12 August 2024

What is a marine heatwave?

Drone footage of Plymouth Sound.

Discover what a marine heatwave is and why they are a problem to marine life

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Last updated: 9 August 2024

BSc (Hons) Environmental Science with Foundation Year

Amazing cable bridge over the tropical rainforest island landscape in Langkawi, Malaysia. Image courtesy of Getty Images.

Build your skills and knowledge on this new four-year course (incorporating a foundation year).

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Published: 8 August 2024

Rocks that originated in Earth’s mantle could reveal secrets of planet’s history

Mantle rocks collected from deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean during the IODP expedition 399 in the Spring of 2023

A team including a scientist from the University of Plymouth has begun to unravel mantle’s role in life on Earth, volcanism and global chemical cycles

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Published: 2 August 2024

Combined effects of plastic pollution and seawater flooding amplify threats to coastal plant species

Buck's horn plantain (Plantago coronopus) is a low-growing perennial which commonly grows in sand dune and beach shingle coastal habitats

A study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet’s critical ecosystems

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Published: 18 July 2024

Scale model of Indian Ocean island allows scientists to assess the impact of rising sea levels

ARISE project wave flume testing at Deltares

The 50-metre replica has been created by researchers from the University of Plymouth, Delft University of Technology and Deltares

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Published: 27 June 2024

Academic selected to represent Great Britain at 2024 Cultural Olympiad

Dr Mathew Emmett

Dr Mathew Emmett’s work, 'Polluted Pool', is being shown at an exhibition in France’s Loire Valley from now until mid-August 2024

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Last updated: 22 June 2024

MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence

Environmental technology concept. Sustainable development goals. SDGs.

MSc Data Science and Environmental Intelligence at Plymouth combines data science with cutting-edge skills in environmental and marine technology to provide an innovative curriculum and an outstanding foundation for your future career.

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Published: 20 June 2024

How soil health collaborations are changing agriculture

Will Blake Earth Smart image

Combining local knowledge with the latest sensing technology is improving soil health in the Global South, with important lessons for the North

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Last updated: 14 June 2024

Studying the seas, from Plymouth to Japan

Dr Ben Harvey on location, wearing a diving suit

Chart Dr Ben Harvey’s journey from the South West to the Far East and discover his passion for marine ecology along the way

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