Environment Network (UPEN)

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Environmental Change and Ecosystem Complexity

Antidepressants make shrimps see the light

Rising levels of antidepressants in coastal waters could change sea-life behaviour and potentially damage the food-chain.

Climate driven storms affect North Sea productivity

A team from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research group has been investigating the link between nutrients – the basis for life in the oceans – and major storm events.

Minerals hold key to unlocking Earth's past

A team from the Marine Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Research group has been investigating the link between nutrients – the basis for life in the oceans – and major storm events... Read more

Scientists win £1m to measure storm impact on river pollution

A team of scientists, including one from the University of Portsmouth, have won over £1m to monitor the effect of storms on pollution in a river – estuary in Hampshire... Read more

New gender-bending parasite discovered in shrimps

Scientists have discovered a new parasite, previously unknown to science, which may be responsible for turning shrimps and other crustaceans from male to female... Read more

Predators reveal who your friends are

Scientists have found for the first time that friendship can be valuable even during encounters with predators... Read more

Wildlife thriving after nuclear disaster

Radiation from the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear accidents may not have been as harmful to wildlife as previously thought.... Read more