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2021
13
May
2021
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16:00
Europe/London
New research by experts from The University of Manchester has found that the poor management of untreated wastewater and raw sewage by water companies is the main source of microplastic pollution in the UK’s rivers.
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2020
18
August
2020
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15:15
Europe/London
Funded by the UK Climate Resilience Programme “Living with Climate Uncertainty” the project is one of three funded UK projects exploring how societies have understood and adapted to climate change in the past and how we can learn from them to become ...
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24
March
2020
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10:27
Europe/London
A collaborative research project between the Universities of Manchester, Utrecht, and Durham, and the National Oceanography Centre has revealed for the first time how submarine sediment avalanches can transport microplastics from land into the deep o...
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2019
02
May
2019
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13:02
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester and the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are racing to understand how microplastics are transported to the deep-sea floor in an effort to combat the growing ecological problem.
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15
April
2019
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16:00
Europe/London
New research charts the history of the Greenland Ice Sheet and its impact on global sea levels throughout history to present day.
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02
April
2019
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10:44
Europe/London
A new project has repaired, photographed and shared online forgotten maps of Manchester’s slums, which had been overlooked for the last 130 years.
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02
April
2019
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10:08
Europe/London
A Manchester academic is to receive an award for his significant contributions to scientific literature.
Professor Noel Castree, Director of Research for the School of Environment, Education and Development and a Professor of Geography, has been n...
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2018
09
October
2018
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09:33
Europe/London
Professor Erik Swyngedouw will receive an honorary doctorate at Malmö University on 19 October.
Erik, Professor of Human Geography in the Department of Geography, has visited Malmö University on several occasions over the past ten years.
In 201...
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03
October
2018
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11:07
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University have launched a fascinating new book which uses maps and plans to outline the history of one the world's most iconic cities.
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26
September
2018
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09:00
Europe/London
A group of researchers have discovered the retreat of an ancient ice sheet from the western coast of Canada occurred earlier than previously thought.
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25
September
2018
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15:16
Europe/London
Egypt is the latest country to build a new capital city from scratch, with ambitions to move parliament away from Cairo as early as summer 2019. With nearly 24m people living in Greater Metropolitan Cairo, the current Egyptian capital suffers from se...
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18
July
2018
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11:36
Europe/London
The first major restoration project of the Carbon Landscape - a £3.2 million programme to restore former industrial landscapes in the North West - has been officially opened near Warrington.
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04
May
2018
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09:35
Europe/London
The Making a Difference Awards for 2018 were announced at a ceremony in the Whitworth Hall on Tuesday, 1 May, with six School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) colleagues recognised for their commitment to social responsibility.
The...
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26
April
2018
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09:37
Europe/London
Professor Jamie Woodward, Head of Geography in the School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED), gave the annual Bexwyke Lecture at Manchester Grammar School to Year 4 and 5 pupils from ten schools across Manchester. More than 400 children...
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15
March
2018
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16:08
Europe/London
The social injustices experienced by women in the creative industries have been brought to the world’s attention by the high profile #MeToo and Time’s Up campaigns. While issues of race have also been highlighted in the discussion of labour inequalit...
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12
March
2018
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16:05
Europe/London
Researchers from The University of Manchester are calling for tighter regulations on waste flowing into urban waterways, after the first study of its kind found that microplastics from urban river channels are a major contributor to the pollution pro...
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29
January
2018
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12:20
Europe/London
An innovative new project which aims to examine energy poverty in Europe, and measures to combat it, has been launched at a major event in Brussels.
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2017
06
December
2017
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09:42
Europe/London
A Geography lecturer from The University of Manchester has won the inaugural Jo Cox Prize for Public Service and Active Citizenship, to recognise the positive impacts of her research.
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02
November
2017
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09:00
Europe/London
An innovative £1.2m project led The University of Manchester aims to demonstrate that landscape restoration could be a low-cost way to reduce the risk of flash flooding in rural communities near steep upland streams and rivers.
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03
October
2017
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10:40
Europe/London
New international research led by The University of Manchester has highlighted that learning from previous periods of climate change is essential if we are to understand the vulnerability of species and ecosystems to global warming.
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29
September
2017
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09:00
Europe/London
A multi-million pound project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund has been launched to restore areas in the North West transformed by heavy industries like coal mining, peat extraction and iron & steel production.
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17
July
2017
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13:44
Europe/London
Work to protect the iconic moorland of the Peak District and South Pennines is having a positive and statistically significant effect on the environment, research recently launched by The University of Manchester and the Moors for the Future Partners...
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10
March
2017
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16:37
Europe/London
Former Home Secretary Lord Blunkett has visited The University of Manchester, to speak at a launch event for the Manchester Urban Institute.
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2015
02
September
2015
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16:01
Europe/London
Research presented to the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference today looks at the argument for backing larger city regions in the north.
In seeking to develop a credible intellectual and political case for a Gr...
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17
August
2015
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15:46
Europe/London
Geographer maps repeated attempts to bring cross-city monorail and tube travel to Manchester
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29
July
2015
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17:55
Europe/London
Dr Jonathan Darling is a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography and is an expert on migration, asylum and immigration at The University of Manchester and is available for interview about the Calais migrant crisis.
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13
July
2015
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17:45
Europe/London
A student who overcame a debilitating illness has not only recovered to graduate but has done so well that his dissertation has formed the basis of a scientific study and has been published in an academic journal.
Ben Gibson, from Ilkley, Yorkshir...
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16
June
2015
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10:19
Europe/London
Researchers have updated a map of the UK that pinpoints tornado hotspots for the first time in two decades.
Although most people think of twisters striking ‘Tornado Alley’ in the US, the UK actually has more tornadoes per area than any other count...
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2014
24
December
2014
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09:45
Europe/London
Researchers at The University of Manchester have identified Doncaster as being the most positive city in the UK about Christmas, whilst Oxford is the most negative.
Marco Smolla and Jamie Soul, from the Faculty of Life Sciences, captured and analy...
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03
December
2014
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10:00
Europe/London
A unique 17th century map of Lancashire recently found in The University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library has been placed on public display for the first time.
This cartographic treasure, hand drawn by the Elizabethan Herald William Smith, is ...
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