Ecology and Conservation

Ocean circulation, ice melt and increasing tourism could all be contributing to Arctic microplastics

Scientists measured microplastic concentrations in the highly productive Barents Sea and suggest that ocean circulation, ice melt, tourism, inadequate waste...

‘Treasure-trove” of fossilized single-celled organisms, dating back more than 110 million years, discovered

Scientists have unearthed a treasure-trove of almost perfectly formed fossilized single-celled organisms dating back more than 110 million years.  A...

University of Exeter academics appointed to expert Dartmoor panel

Two University of Exeter experts have been appointed to an expert panel which will advise how to improve Dartmoor’s Sites...