New research will show how coastal litter from the ocean has changed over the past 50 years on the Isle of Skye.
Conducted by researchers at Loughborough University, the project will bring together local heritage, drones, and mobile phone apps to explore how the distribution and characteristics of litter on beaches have changed over the past half century.
Dr Tom Stanton, of the Department of Geography and Environment, and Melissa Schiele, a PhD student in the School of Mechanical, Electrical, and Manufacturing Engineering, have received an innovation grant from the UK marine conservation charity Sea-Changers to explore how litter has changed on the Scottish island.
