Topic Microplastics

Last updated: 18 June 2024

Talk: Plastic Pollution and the Ocean

Richard-Thompson

13 July 2024 10:30

With Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS

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Last updated: 24 May 2024

How can we turn the tide on plastic pollution?

Waves pushing plastic waste to the beach.

Discover why there is a global plastic emergency and how scientists are working to provide solutions

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Last updated: 17 May 2024

Study the seas at Plymouth

Cave diving – sunbeam into the dark cave

Take the plunge and explore the wide variety of study opportunities taking place at Plymouth

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Last updated: 16 May 2024

7 questions with Professor Richard Thompson OBE

Richard Thompson, Plymouth Pioneers

Get to know the #PlymouthPioneer who is saving our seas from plastic

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Last updated: 26 April 2024

Are microplastics a big problem?

Microplastics on the beach

Discover microplastics’ effects on the environment and what the University of Plymouth is doing to help

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Last updated: 4 March 2024

Dr Imogen Napper: researching plastic pollution within the marine environment

Imogen Napper

Dr Napper is working to #EndPlasticSoup at the University's International Marine Litter Research Unit

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Last updated: 19 February 2024

Bite-size paper: Exploring perceptions of microplastics in personal care products

Microbeads in cosmetics

Research gives a positive indication that a ban on microbeads would be accepted

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Last updated: 15 December 2023

The Queen's Anniversary Prize for pioneering research on marine microplastics pollution and its impact on the environment and changing behaviour

Plastic water bottle on a beach

Our ground-breaking research into microplastics pollution has received the highest honour that can be bestowed upon a higher education institution

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Last updated: 23 November 2023

Jennifer Scott, postgraduate researcher, CDT SuMMeR: Cohort 1

Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources (CDT SuMMeR)

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Last updated: 13 September 2023

Current and future effects of microplastics on marine ecosystems (the MINIMISE project)

Plastic marine litter

Delivering new knowledge of the risks posed by microplastics

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