Strengthening Global Ties to Tackle Coastal Health Risks
As a leading scientific partner in BlueAdapt, Bangor University contributes essential expertise on how climate change is transforming coastal environments — and what this means for public health. This year, a team from Bangor travelled to China to participate in an...
New model improves accuracy for safer bathing waters
A powerful tool for predicting risks A new study led by BlueAdapt researcher Hao Wang (Deltares, Netherlands) shows that accounting for sunlight exposure and sediment interactions significantly improves predictions of harmful contamination in bathing waters. The...
Uncoping: Insights from urban heat exposure during and after pregnancy
By Martins Iyekekpolor It’s hot. The weather forecast says 34°C, but in the densely populated urban township of Mamelodi in the Tshwane District of South Africa, it feels even hotter. There are few trees, almost no shade, and the sun presses down on corrugated...