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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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Thawing permafrost – an underestimated threat to global climate
Posted: 28th May 2019Scientists are investigating how the thawing of soils that have been frozen for thousands of years affects the climate.
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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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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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Scotland and the New North
Posted: 1st December 2018The winter 2018 edition of “The Geographer” newsletter (Royal Scottish Geographical Society) is a special issue devoted to the Arctic.
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Impacts of ocean acidification on commercial fish stocks
Posted: 10th October 2018Dr Carol Turley, a marine expert, says it is necessary to investigate the effects of acidification because of uncertainties about the impact on the marine environment and on commercial fish stocks.