Press office news tagged climate-change

Mangroves – like this one at Cispatá Bay, a protected marine area located in the Morrosquillo Gulf along Colombia's Caribbean coast – are efficient carbon sinks, but they may drown and lose their ability to store carbon under sea-level rise

Rising seas could ‘drown’ mangroves and release carbon

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: A new study led by Dr Arya Iwantoro, Senior Research Consultant in Coastal Modelling at the University, found that mangroves could store less carbon – and even begin releasing it – as sea levels rise.

Pseudo-nitzschia are a common component of the phytoplankton community along Europe’s Atlantic coast and the North Sea, and a number of species produce the toxins responsible for amnesic shellfish poisoning

Study provides detailed assessment of shifts in toxin-producing phytoplankton abundance

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: The University led a study showing how the abundance and distribution of two groups of toxin-producing phytoplankton – Pseudo-nitzschia and Dinophysis – have changed over the last six decades

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University and Met Office transform meteorologist training for a changing world

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: The University and the Met Office have launched a multi-million-pound collaboration to co-design and co-deliver a new training programme for early career meteorologists

Drone footage captured by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­'s Coastal Processes Research Group on February 5, 2026 showing the A379 between Torcross and Strete in South Devon damaged by a series of winter storms

Storms and shifting sands – assessing the ocean’s impact on Start Bay

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: Members of the University’s Coastal Processes Research Group have been conducting assessments along Start Bay for the past 20 years, charting the changes caused by rising sea levels and increased storms

Aerial view of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ Hoe

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ awarded funding to develop climate adaptation plans

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: The University is part of a consortium which has secured support from the Pathways2Resilience programme, a flagship programme of the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change

Living walls can reduce heat lost from buildings by over 30%

Living walls boost biodiversity by providing safe spaces for urban wildlife

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: Our research shows how living walls – structures housing flowers and plants fitted to the outside of new and old buildings – can significantly enhance the biodiversity within urban environments

An image taken by scientists from the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ at 60m depth at Egmont Atoll, Indian Ocean, in March 2022 using a drop-camera system. The image shows a healthy colony of the reef-building coral species, Pachyseris speciosa

£3.7m project aims to provide unprecedented analysis of mesophotic coral reefs

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: The University is leading a five-year initiative, supported by public investment from the Natural Environment Research Council, will assess the response and resilience of mesophotic coral ecosystems to future climate change

Atlantic Ocean wide

UK marine heatwave research priorities outlined in new national roadmap

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: Scientists from the University have contributed to new research calling for a coordinated response to the growing environmental threat posed by marine heatwaves

Research was conducted in East Antarctica, close to the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Research Station

Thinning ice in Antarctica could boost oceanic carbon absorption

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: Research involving scientists from the University has shed new light on natural processes in East Antarctica that could, over long timescales, help the Southern Ocean absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

Temperate rainforests support unique biodiversity and climate regulation

Rainforests under threat: report calls for protection and restoration to help the South West’s temperate rainforests thrive

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: A new report – The State of the South West Rainforests – highlights that around 40% of the region offers the appropriate climatic conditions to support a rainforest landscape

In an effort to study the impacts of coastal flooding and sea level rise, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ researchers made field observations in January and July 2022 on the island of Fiyoaree, at the south west tip of the Huvadhoo Atoll in the Maldives

Study provides new forecasts of remote islands’ vulnerability to sea level rise

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: Our scientists have warned that predicted rises in sea levels, coupled with an increase in extreme weather and wave conditions, could result in presently rare flooding events happening every two to three years by around 2050

A research site at the Birmingham Institute for Forest Research Free Air CO2 Enrichment (BIFoR-FACE) facility in Staffordshire, England

Predicted CO2 levels cause marked increase in forest temperatures

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ news: Our researchers found that elevated carbon dioxide levels generated as a result of climate change could significantly increase the temperatures found within the canopies of the world’s woodlands and forests