News: November 2021

Disrupting the body clocks of fish could be bad for their health

New research reveals the body clocks of rainbow trout shape daily rhythms of their immune system and the microorganisms that inhabit their skin. Keeping fish under constant light – often used by fish farms to enhance growth or control reproduction – disrupts these daily rhythms and leads to increased susceptibility to parasites.

Publication date: 23 November 2021

School holds zero-carbon “sprint challenge”

The School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering hosted a zero-carbon “sprint challenge” to celebrate ‘This is Engineering Day’ 2021, a campaign sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering.

Publication date: 15 November 2021

Success in the visualisation of administrative justice

Academics from Bangor Law and the school of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering have gained recognition for their collaborative work in data visualisation.

Publication date: 10 November 2021

Bangor University is contributing to a global research programme, the Convex Blue Carbon Seascape Survey

Bangor University researchers are among world-class ocean and blue carbon scientists contributing to a newly announced multi-million-dollar partnership between the insurance group, Convex Group Limited (Convex), the Blue Marine Foundation (BLUE), a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health, the University of Exeter. The ambitious five-year programme is the largest attempt yet to build a greater understanding of the properties and capabilities of the ocean and its continental shelves in the earth’s carbon cycle. It represents an urgent effort to slow climate change.

Publication date: 9 November 2021

Demystifying Climate Change

Linking art and science to demystify climate change

Publication date: 8 November 2021

White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of coronavirus infection

This article by Dr Graeme Shannon and Bangor University PhD students Amy Gresham and Owain Barton is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here.

Publication date: 8 November 2021

UK Blue Carbon Forum to raise profile of ‘Blue Carbon’ as climate change solution

Bangor University is part of a newly launched Blue Carbon Forum for the UK. Prof Hilary Kennedy and Dr Martin Skov of the School of Ocean Sciences will be contributing.

Publication date: 5 November 2021

Academics and students present their research at the international conference in data visualisation

The international data visualisation conference (VIS) took place between Sunday 24th and Friday 29th October 2021.

Publication date: 5 November 2021

Deforestation: why COP26 agreement will struggle to reverse global forest loss by 2030

This article by Professor Julia Jones, Professor of Conservation Sciences, Bangor University, is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

Publication date: 2 November 2021

Ancient genes vital for dolphin survival

Ancient genes that predate the last ice age may be the key to survival, at least if you are a dolphin, according to new research

Publication date: 1 November 2021