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£2.9 million funding awarded to research the impacts of historic landfill on UK coasts and communities ( www.qmul.ac.uk )

This funds 5 large strategic projects, including projects led by teams at the University of Essex (ARISE) and the COAST-R Network Plus headed by Professor Briony McDonagh at the University of Hull, which will work to generate and share learning across sectors and disciplines to build UK coastal and marine resilience. The primary...

Can plant genomics help us preserve Britain's biodiversity? ( www.qmul.ac.uk )

The UK government’s new biodiversity net gain scheme means that all new building projects in the UK must achieve a 10% net gain in biodiversity or habitat. However, as Professor of Plant Genetics Andrew Leitch explains, we need to protect and preserve biodiversity on a much larger scale....