An interesting study has taken place recently at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health at Treliske in Truro, which has led medical students to analyse the seaweed which has washed up on our coast & into our rock-pools. The investigation is to try and uncover properties in the seaweed that could possibly form the basis for a new strain of...
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This summer has been a washout weather wise but that hasn’t stopped the tourists flocking to the ‘not so sunny’ Cornwall and newsreaders are currently blaming BBC’S drama Poldark for the upsurge in Cornish bookings. According to a survey ran by the Post Office Travel Insurance two in three of those polled intended to vacation on our coast! And now Poldark...
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So the warmer waters in Cornwall have encouraged our most recent marine life visitors, The Basking Sharks… They were spotted off Cadwith and Porthcurno earlier last week. The reason for our Cornish coast becoming a sea life hotspot is because during the early spring & summer months, warmer water moves from the Atlantic into the coastal waters of the western UK, which encourages greater...
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