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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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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.
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UK scientists track environmental change on the seafloor of Europe’s Arctic backyard, the Barents Sea
Posted: 10th July 2018The third and final scientific cruise of the 2018 summer season sails today to the Barents Sea in the Arctic Ocean. As part of the £16 million, UK flagship research programme the Changing Arctic Ocean, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), it supports UK scientists carrying out vital…
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UK and Germany combine forces to fund crucial Arctic science
Posted: 3rd July 2018For the first time, the UK and Germany have joined forces to investigate the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean. The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) have jointly invested almost £8 million in 12 new projects to carry…
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Impacts of climate change on Arctic Ocean ecosystem under scrutiny by UK scientists
Posted: 12th June 2018The second scientific cruise of the 2018 summer season sets off to the Arctic Ocean today. It is part of the £16 million, UK flagship research programme the Changing Arctic Ocean, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).
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Underwater robotic vehicles give unique insight into Arctic climate change
Posted: 8th June 2018Underwater robots have uncovered new evidence about life in the Arctic and, for the first time, revealed the moment the region’s marine ecosystem springs into life after the dark winter season.
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What’s unique to the ‘last ice area’ in the High Arctic? Canadian researchers are finding out
Posted: 7th June 2018Researchers from the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Defence Research and Development Canada, the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany and the University of Bristol in the UK are working together to investigate the “last ice area” in the High Arctic.