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WATCH: Latest video on detecting oil spills using state-of-the-art satellite technology

New video summarises research at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) that is helping to detect oil spills across the global ocean using satellite technology.

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16 June 2024

Staff spotlight: Lee Merchant - Head of Estates and Facilities

Who manages the day-to-day running of our four-storey laboratory; brimming with an assortment of experiments and research spanning seven science depar...

Image courtesy of the NERC funded Deep links project 2016

13 June 2024

Funding secured for automated image-analysis biodiversity monitoring project

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has announced funding for a new project proposed by our Dr James Clark and collaborators, to develop s...

11 June 2024

New study shows plastic and non-stick cookware is likely adding thousands of microplastics into the human diet

A new collaborative study from scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, SALT Lofoten and the Norwegian Institu...

07 June 2024

Major boost for oceanic research as Challenger 150 joins forces with Seabed 2030

Coinciding with World Oceans Day (8th June 2024), two major international marine initiatives have announced the signing of a landmark agreement to wor...

06 June 2024

PML’s Professor Angus Atkinson awarded MBE in the King's Birthday Honours

Professor Atkinson has been recognised for his services to Polar Marine Research and Conservation, at the same time his father Anthony Atkinson was al...

05 June 2024

PML celebrating the United Nations World Oceans Day

World Oceans Day (WOD) is celebrated annually on 8th June across the globe, fostering public interest in the crucial role the ocean plays in all of ou...

03 June 2024

Increased ocean observations urgently needed, according to UN State of the Ocean Report 2024

PML’s Professor Steve Widdicombe was among the authors

31 May 2024

Climate change exacerbated June 2023 marine heatwave

New research has shown that while high-pressure weather conditions were the main driver behind the elevated temperatures, warming due to climate chang...

23 May 2024

WATCH: summary findings of the Decommissioning - Relative Effects of Alternative Management Strategies (DREAMS) project

This week the DREAMS team presented their findings from their 3 year study into the different strategies for decommissioning structures in the North S...

23 May 2024

PML wins ‘Planet Saver’ award

The award was presented at the 2024 Devon &Plymouth Chamber Awards ceremony, “celebrating Devon’s brightest businesses’.

22 May 2024

Accelerating global biodiversity efforts: key themes from the recent UN advisory meeting in Kenya

PML’s Professor Matt Frost reflects on the 26th SBSTTA meeting

22 May 2024

Seaweed forests are an overlooked component of oceanic carbon storage

A groundbreaking study by an international team of researchers, including scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), has revealed seaweed fores...

Above: Black triggerfish swimming around Boatswain Bird Island near Ascension Island. The seas around the remote Ascension Island

18 May 2024

The sonification of marine heatwaves

“Sonification’ is a term to describe the musical representation of data, and here, we share a sonification using projected model data of the futur...

Above: Dr Frances Hopkins in the Falklands pictured alongside a large group of Gentoo penguins. Like other penguin species

13 May 2024

Staff Spotlight: Dr Frances Hopkins - Marine biogeochemist

Meet Dr Frances Hopkins – or more affectionately known at the laboratory here as Frankie – a Marine Biogeochemist in our “Marine Biogeochemistry...

11 May 2024

MEDIA: “Suffocating seas...” Prof Ana Queirós on marine heatwaves and ‘seabed hypoxia’

PML’s Marine and Climate Change Ecologist Prof Ana Queirós was interviewed by the BBC for their article, “Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising se...

Artists impression of Oceanus - the world’s first long-range autonomous research vessel

10 May 2024

MEDIA: Project Oceanus: Revolutionizing Oceanic Research with Autonomous Vessels

Listen now to Yachting International Radio’s Yacht Crew Vlog, featuring our Chief Executive Professor Icarus Allen and Brett Phaneuf from Submergenc...

07 May 2024

Marine Protected Area ‘not safe’ from climate change, projections show

Computer models forecast a worrying future for the Ascension Island Marine Protected Area.

03 May 2024

Widespread microplastic pollution in Peruvian mangrove sediments and edible mangrove species

New study shows that the mangroves of Tumbes, Peru are extensively contaminated with microplastic pollution, and estimate that the local inhabitants a...

29 April 2024

New study provides vital insight for climate-smart marine planning in UK waters

The most advanced and comprehensive analysis of climate change impacts on the UK’s marine environment, in support of effective marine conservation a...

Container ships out in a bay with a vast stretch of ocean

26 April 2024

Future regulation of marine autonomy in discussion in Singapore

PML’s Professor James Fishwick takes part in a UK Marine Autonomy summit during Singapore Maritime Week

22 April 2024

PML’s Prof Widdicombe voted as 2024 Frontiers Planet Prize Champion

It was announced today (22nd April 2024) that our Director of Science Professor Steve Widdicombe is one of 23 researchers from 23 countries voted as t...

Above: Pictured at the front is our L4 autonomous buoy ‘tower’

19 April 2024

Precious cargo... delivering our autonomous buoys to the sea

There was a lot of activity at the laboratory this week as we moved two of our autonomous buoys to Turnchapel Wharf in Plymouth, the final stretch bef...