Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth

Links to interesting articles and sites (NB: we do not endorse these, they're for general interest or to provoke further thought on Env Sci)

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/schools/school-of-geography-earth-and-environmental-sciences/environmental-science

15/10/2020

You could be forgiven to think that rewilding is all about providing habitat and reintroducing species long lost... Sometimes nature conservation and rewilding can be about removing something. Think about the 'classics' of ill-fated, intentional or otherwise, introductions with unintended consequences: - rats on remote islands (example: South Georgia)- rabbits (example: Australia) - Himalayan balsam (example: river banks in the UK… [ 413 more words ]

Rewilding Britain You could be forgiven to think that rewilding is all about providing habitat and reintroducing species long lost… Sometimes nature conservation and rewilding can be about removing something. …

10/10/2020

Live lecture with Sarah Darwin

Live lecture with Sarah Darwin Visit the post for more.

04/10/2020

Our scientific observations and experiments are contributing to a puzzle from which stories emerge... Soon, we will be able to provide a snapshot of water quality data at locations around Britain. We are compiling a list of bird species seen during our voyage and obtain a count of marine mammals sightings. Plankton net analyses provides data on groups of plankton and microplastics found suspend in the water column. [ 90 more words ]

Darwin200 day 14: Stories emerge Our scientific observations and experiments are contributing to a puzzle from which stories emerge… Soon, we will be able to provide a snapshot of water quality data at locations around Brita…