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A team of female ocean rowers will set off on a 2,000 mile rowing challenge around the entire coast of Great Britain on Sunday 4 June, and they’re aiming for a world record.  The crew of six includes a cyber security expert, an Army nurse, a mountaineer, a former international rugby player, a fitness instructor […]

A student with a passion for scuba diving and science has just started her dream PhD at the University of Portsmouth.  Laura Fantuzzi will spend the next three years analysing ocean pollution data collected by rowers during the GB Row Challenge, a 2,000-mile event that circumnavigates Great Britain’s coastline.  She said: “I’m excited to be […]

A female ocean rower with an appetite for extreme adventure who has twice faced dramatic rescues on the high seas is hoping it’ll be third time lucky on her next challenge. Emma Wolstenholme, 40, is picking up her oars to race around Great Britain’s coastline in June. If her team succeeds, they’ll be the first […]

The data collected last summer by teams competing in the GB Row Challenge has found microplastics pollution around Great Britain’s coastline up to 100 times worse than previously recorded. The significantly higher concentrations of microplastics than recorded on a national survey six years ago have been reported by scientists at the University of Portsmouth. Research […]

Dr Fay Courceiro of the University of Portsmouth gives us an insight into the innovative research which will use GB Row’s environmental data