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BBC1 Countryfile 26th July 2020 at 19.00 hours “Chichester Harbour”

RESP funded Microplastics and GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastics) project in Chichester Harbour will feature in the BBC1 Countryfile program on 26th of July 2020! Dr Corina Coican will chat with Anita Rani about a new aquatic pollutant, oyster fishery and potential mitigation measures!

New Interreg Channel project REDPOL

Dr. Corina Ciocan is the Lead investigator for a new Interreg Channel project, REDPOL (Pollution reduction strategy at source). It will partner UoB with several other Universities and research institutions from France and UK. The work will focus on the design and production of innovative tests for the biotechnology market, for the management of endocrine…

ENGLISH WETLANDS : Spaces of Nature, Culture, Imagination

Introducing a new book to be published on July 3rd 2020 Written by University of Brighton academics Dr Mary Gearey (SET) and Professor Andrew Church University of Brighton academics, Dr Mary Gearey, a Human Geographer from the School of Environment and Technology, and Pro VC for Research and Enterprise, Professor Andrew Church, along…

Predicting the Environmental Impact of New Dam Construction in the Amazon Basin

Professor Phil Ashworth is to lead a Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) grant of £646,366 which will allow the Universities of Brighton and Exeter, as well as a range of international partners, to explore the future evolution of the South American river and its floodplain. Although climate change and deforestation have had a significant impact…

How Jacqueline switched from tube train driver to top scientist

A Brighton graduate who started work life as a tube train driver has been made a Fellow of one of the world’s most prestigious science programmes. Jacqueline Campbell graduated with an Earth and Ocean Sciences degree from the University of Brighton’s School of Environment and Technology in 2016 and later won a…

Event to Address Future Water Supply Challenges

In late February 2020, the Centre for Aquatic Environments (CAE) hosted a two-day conference focused on the development and implementation of water recycling and desalination technologies in water scarce regions of the UK, such as the South East of England. Members of the CAE worked in partnership with Southern Water, Brown and Caldwell, the International…

Climate Change Will Flush More Plastics into the Sea

Global warming and the resulting increase in flooding is expected to send more microplastic pollution into the sea, according to research at the University of Brighton. Rivers deliver more microplastics into the oceans than any other source and Karolina Skalska, PhD researcher in the University’s Centre for Aquatic…

Adapting to Change Conference by Leah Barrett (student)

As a GIS and Environmental Management Masters Student at the University of Brighton, I was lucky enough to attend the recent Adapting to Change Conference. This was a new experience for me, having never attended a conference before, and it did not disappoint. The overall theme was issues of water stress, which is affecting countries…

Research Seminar “Incorporating Mangrove Ecosystem Services into Spatial MPA Planning for Sustainable Conservation Financing in the Face of Climate Change

Carbon storage potential in England’s seagrass meadows: new paper published by Centre PhD student Mariana Lima

Seagrass meadows have increasingly been the focus of global research, due to the multitude of services provided by these ecosystems, including the capacity to sequester ‘Blue Carbon’ within their sediments and biomass, and the provision of habitats for commercially important and endangered fish species. However, frequent reports on the…