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Arctic study to shed light on organisms key to the food chain
Posted: 4th August 2019A research team – led by a University of Stirling expert – will set off on a scientific cruise to the Arctic Ocean this weekend in a bid to understand the behaviour of tiny organisms that are key to the food chain.
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Wales can lead the world in fight against climate change
Posted: 18th July 2019More and more higher education institutions globally are declaring a climate emergency. Bangor University and its Students Union have joined the movement.
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Copepods: The unsung heroes of the ocean
Posted: 24th April 2019Published in NERC’s Planet Earth magazine this week is an interview with Holly Jenkins, a PhD student in the DIAPOD project, describing her research on copepods.
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Interview on Blue Planet Live with Prof David Pond
Posted: 28th March 2019During a week of live programmes on the BBC, Blue Planet Live celebrates marine life around the globe to explore the health of our oceans.
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Synthetic chemicals in sea ice
Posted: 25th March 2019Jack Garnett and Max Thomas, both postdoctoral researchers in the EISPAC project, have contributed an article to the March edition of “The Cryosphere and ATmospheric CHemistry” (CATCH).
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#ThinkArctic interview with Holly Jenkins
Posted: 22nd March 2019Holly Jenkins, PhD student in the DIAPOD project, gave an interview this week on her research into copepods in the Arctic Ocean to GCI’s #ThinkArctic podcast series.
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Interview on Science Café, BBC Radio Wales
Posted: 5th February 2019The Science Café programme on BBC Radio Wales hosted three investigators from the Changing Arctic Ocean programme to talk about the effects of climate change on the Arctic Ocean.
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Arctic Climate Change
Posted: 24th January 2019Dr Yueng-Lenn Djern, co-lead investigator of the PEANUTS project, gave a live TV interview to the BBC News Channel on Thursday 24 January 2019.
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Use of Arctic Ocean science by House of Lords
Posted: 24th January 2019In the House of Lords on 24 January 2019, research by Dr Lenn on ocean circulation in the Barents Sea contributed to a debate on the effects of climate change in the Arctic.
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Vegan at Sea-gan: The Arctic Ocean
Posted: 22nd January 2019The Arctic Institute have published a collection of work on “Breaking the Arctic’s Ice Ceiling”, highlighting the work of women living and working in the Arctic. Holly Jenkins of the DIAPOD project has contributed an article to this collection.
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Life in the slow lane: Polar plankton march to their own beat
Posted: 19th December 2018The world’s largest daily commute happens in our oceans, as fish and zooplankton – key components in the food web – travel up and down in the water column in response to the sun as it sets and rises.
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Overall winner of the NERC Impact Awards: Uncovering the impacts of microplastics in the ocean
Posted: 4th December 2018Pioneering research from this team of researchers has contributed substantially to public awareness of the problem of marine plastic pollution.