Follow Us A newly released study has, for the first time, estimated the number of visits made annually to marine and coastal environments in England. The research, conducted by researchers at the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth, is published…
Follow Us In October 2017, Prof Jason Hall-Spencer participated in a workshop held in Monaco where 45 experts from 17 countries and from various fields of expertise met to discuss human threats to marine ecosystems and the political and scientific responses that could be…
Follow Us Some polar regions are seeing dramatic losses in sea ice with unknown consequences for their food webs. Highly branched isoprenoids (HBIs), specific to ice algae and phytoplankton living in the marginal ice zone, are an ideal tool to explore…
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Follow Us Connecting Ships, Ports and People Paul G Wright MNM FNI Plymouth as Britain’s Ocean City looks to the sea for helping create employment, prosperity and stability. Besides having the largest naval base in Europe, Plymouth is involved in…
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Follow Us On 21st September, an official government delegation from the Fujian Provincial Department of Ocean and Fisheries in China visited Plymouth for an afternoon specifically to find out more about the University’s research on how marine ecosystem management can…
In September, Dr Siân Rees and Dr Emma Sheehan, Senior Research Fellows in the School of Biological and Marine Science were invited by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Chile to be part of the UK delegation to IMPAC 4.
Together with British experts (British Geological Survey, Satellite Catapult, MMO, CEFAS, NOC) the delegation highlighted UK expertise in Marine Protected Area monitoring and management.
During the event, over 800 marine conservation professionals and practitioners from all around the world met, exchanged and discussed marine protected areas issues including governance, efficiency, finance and their surface area expansion. Siân presented research outputs from the UK and the British Overseas Territories on the evaluation of MPA management effectiveness and the integration of Natural Capital approaches into decision making while Emma presented new results from the EMFF funded RETURN project on MPA recovery, response to storms, a second talk about EU Horizon 2020 funded CEFOW project on ecological response on sea bed habitats to renewable energy and the potential of co-location, and a third talk on behalf of the Blue Marine Foundation about their collaborative work with Plymouth University.
With a strong emphasis on people, this event built upon the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2016 Hawai’i Commitments and called to step up ocean conservation and MPA coverage, through increased partnerships and action.
Follow Us Mark Fitzsimons (Associate Professor of Organic Geochemistry) and Charlotte Cree (PhD) co-authored a paper showing that micro-organisms living in sea ice are a significant source of nitrogen to the atmosphere. The article, published in Scientific Reports, presents data…
Follow Us Abigail McQuatters-Gollop (lecturer in marine conservation) and Jason Hall-Spencer (professor of marine biology) visited Shimoda Marine Research Center at Shikine Island, Japan during July to conduct research as part of a University of Tsukuba and University of Plymouth…
