Tag: University of Portsmouth

Ambitious project launched to save UK coastline

Stuart Mitchell

A project that brings together marine scientists and business leaders to help improve the health of the UK coastline has started. Researchers hope the initiative will help tackle biodiversity loss in coastal regions and mitigate the effects of climate change.  The Solent to Sussex Bay Seascape Restoration project will initially bring about seascape restoration by uniting science and business communities on the South Coast of England and will then be scaled up nationally.   Seascape restoration is a nature-based solution to tackle biodiversity loss, boost carbon take up, and enhance economic…

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University helping to solve South African plastic waste crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Dr Cressida Bowyer, Deputy Director of Portsmouth University’s  Revolution Plastics programme, has just returned from a visit to South Africa. She was on a fact finding and planning mission, to understand more about current waste management practices in rural areas of the country . Dr Bowyer visited local communities in Mpumalanga province, a two-hour drive north-east of Johannesburg. Uncontrolled ‘mountains’ of plastic rubbish are becoming an increasingly serious problem there, threatening the environment and human health. Waste is often burnt, contributing to climate change and poor air quality. The project,…

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