Thursday 11th August 2011
Thurso Bay and Pentland Firth in planned UHI sea study
BBC News
The setting for an international surfing competition has been suggested as the perfect laboratory for a new study of Scotland's seas.
Thurso Bay in Caithness hosts a stage of the O'Neill Coldwater Classic.
Highlands-based scientists suggest water from the bay and Pentland Firth could be sampled to better understand a micro layer on the surface of the sea.
The thin layer plays a role in the life cycles of marine creatures and the forming of harmful algal blooms.
The new University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) is offering a postgraduate studentship in the research.
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