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OneHealthWater MST workshop 11th to 14th June 2019

Last June, Dr Diogo Trajano Gomes da Silva (University of Brighton) ran a 4 day capacity building training workshop on “The application of low-cost phage-based microbial source tracking (MST) tools for monitoring and assessment of drinking water sources in Kenya”. The workshop took place at Maseno University Kisumu Campus (Kenya) from 11th – 14th June…

Potential New Coastal Management Measure for Sussex

The Kelp forests which were prevalent along the Sussex coast disappeared in the 1980’s. As well as being an important habitat for the marine eco systems these forests have the potential to dampen some of the offshore wave energy, thereby helping to reduce coastal flooding and erosion. The Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Association (IFCA), are…

Coastal Rewilding

As soon as the exams and marking were over members of the Centre for Aquatic Environments travelled back down to the Gower Peninsular in South Wales for research field work. For the previous two years Dr Heidi Burgess and Dr Jonathan Dale have been have taking hydrological, suspended sediment and bed elevation measurements from the…

Microplastics in Chichester Harbour Symposium 9th July 2019

There was great interest for our students and academics’ posters at the Chichester symposium : projects on microplastics in aquatic environments

Microplastics in Chichester Harbour Symposium 9th July 2019

Lots of interest, goodwill, stimulation and ideas at the successful Ignite event “Microplastics in Chichester Harbour”, with Dr. Corina Ciocan and Prof. Chris Joyce among the speakers. Well done to our students from SET and PABS for their poster display! The day was a success and included a lovely boat ride too! (on a Solar…

Getting stuck in(to) the bog; Talking Wetlands and Culture in Cork – Dr Mary Gearey

Cork’s River Lee was in fine fettle as I walked along it at Pope’s Quay on the way to meet Dr Maureen O’ Connor at University College Cork’s School of English or Scoil an Bhéarla, to give it its Gaeilge (Irish) equivalent. A wet Spring meant water was in abundance, and the surrounding hills were…

Summer Fieldwork

Our PhD students will be busy over the next few months collecting data during their summer fieldwork campaigns. You can read a little bit about the summer plans of one of our students, Conor Strong below. Invasive species cause ecological or economic harm when introduced to new environments. To limit these effects, novel management and…

Spotlight On Our New Staff

Over the past few months we have had a number of new staff start at the university and whom have become members of the Centre. So to get to know them we asked them to tell us a little a bit about their background – you can read all about them below! Dr Georgios Maniatis…

“Innovations in Wastewater Management” Annual Symposium 15th May 2019

Reflections on this year’s event by co-organiser Dr Mary Gearey This year’s Centre for Aquatic Environments Annual Symposium, held on 15th May in the Huxley auditorium, was themed around ‘Innovations in wastewater’. Co-organiser and the evening’s host, Dr Ian Mayor-Smith, selected a prestigious panel of guest presenters to provide us with insights from experts from…

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