Researchers from the University of Plymouth have returned from an extensive programme of research on an uninhabited atoll island in the Maldives.
The fieldwork was the first to take place through the ARISE project, which is exploring the potential for the world's low-lying coral atoll islands to survive predicted rises in sea level through natural flooding processes.
It saw academics, researchers, technicians and PhD students from the Coastal Processes Research Group working in collaboration with colleagues from the universities of Bath and St Andrews, and international researchers from the USA, Australia, Singapore and the Netherlands.
Together, and working with organisations based on the Maldives, they deployed more than 80 individual instruments on the island of Dighelaabadhoo, seeking to capture in-depth information about the energetic wave conditions during southwest monsoon season in the Indian Ocean.
The measurements generated by the instrumentation will constitute the largest field campaign ever to be staged on an atoll island, and the instruments will remain deployed until August.
The ARISE project is a £2.8 million, five-year initiative being funded through UK Research and Innovation's Horizon Europe Guarantee programme.
It builds on extensive previous work by the Coastal Processes Research Group and its partners exploring the increased frequency of extreme storms, and the impact they are having on coastal communities across the world.
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