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Climate-ready spatial management of UK marine habitats and resources

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and partners have been successful in securing funding to help investigate how to safeguard the future of the marine and coastal economy whilst also protecting marine ecosystems overall.

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14 July 2021

New Chair appointed at Plymouth Marine Laboratory

PML has announced the appointment of a new Chairperson. Janice Timberlake – who has been a Trustee of the charity for the past nine years – will s...

05 July 2021

First-of-its-kind data buoy launched as part of multi-million pound Smart Sound fleet

The culmination of two years detailed planning and development, a custom-built 8.5-metre-tall autonomous data buoy – featuring a set of onboard sens...

PML scientists Dr Matt Cole and Dr Rachel Coppock setting up a mussel experiment

05 July 2021

PML trials pioneering nature-based solution for the marine plastic crisis

Scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory have launched a series of in-situ trials of a unique microplastic clean-up method using mussels as filtration...

29 June 2021

Understanding waves through satellite data

A unique new study builds on understanding of how ocean waves behave in coastal areas, using data from satellite-based altimetry measurements.

22 June 2021

Using remote sensing technologies to understand the impact of ocean acidification on a remote Arctic

In a new paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science, scientists call for increased consideration of ocean acidification to help inform future fish...

10 June 2021

Going viral: What happens to infected phytoplankton?

Even phytoplankton, one of the ocean’s smallest but most important groups of organisms, are susceptible to viruses. A new study takes an in-depth lo...

08 June 2021

Marine Research Plymouth cements city’s reputation as the UK’s go-to location for marine science

The city of Plymouth has seen its position as an international centre of excellence for marine research further enhanced after its three leading scien...

08 June 2021

New report highlights why the ocean matters in climate negotiations COP26 is underway

On World Oceans Day, and ahead of the G7 later this week, leading UK experts shine a spotlight on the critical role the ocean plays in greatly slowing...

02 June 2021

New study shows a 50% decline in Krill abundance in the North Atlantic

A team of UK and French scientists have shown a huge decline in North Atlantic krill over the last 60 years driven primarily by climate variability an...

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24 May 2021

'Champagne' technology to capture carbon dioxide via the oceans

A new method of capturing carbon from seawater could help us tackle climate change.

18 May 2021

Environmental improvements at PML

The team at PML, in conjunction with external contractors, have been working incredibly hard to complete environmental improvements to PML’s buildin...

13 May 2021

Spotting Brittany's 'Green Tides' from space

‘Green tides’ of algae have wreaked havoc across the coastlines of Brittany, France, for half a century due to high levels of agricultural runoff....

10 May 2021

Measuring ocean colour

Accurate satellite measurements of ocean colour are vital for assessing the health of the ocean. A new study, part of the AMT4OceanSatFlux programme, ...

05 May 2021

Award for detecting marine plastic from space

We are delighted to share the news that PML’s Dr Lauren Biermann has won the Science category of the Ocean Awards 2021 for her development of a pion...

Seagrass image courtesy of Unsplash | The Tampa Bay Estuary Program

27 April 2021

Launch of briefing paper on nature-based solutions for climate change, people and biodiversity

Today sees the launch of a comprehensive briefing paper on “Nature-based solutions for climate change, people and biodiversity’ by a collaboration...

23 April 2021

Second UN World Ocean Assessment calls for urgent changes in how we interact with the ocean

The failure to deal with the pressures placed on the ocean by human activities continues to present the greatest threat to the ocean, according to the...

Sediment-dwelling animals under microscope

26 March 2021

Microplastics buried by marine animals

The presence of microplastics in the ocean is a growing concern, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about how marine organisms interact with th...

24 March 2021

Countdown to launch of Plymouth’s autonomous fleet

Scientists, industry leaders and local government are counting down to the launch of a first-of-its-kind multi-million-pound fleet of innovative and i...

11 March 2021

Open-source technology offers expansion of satellite validation capability

Solar-tracking radiometry for all: PML publishes open-source hardware and software for the solar-tracking radiometry platform (So-Rad).

10 March 2021

Floating the idea: PML supporting the development of an innovative renewable energy platform to serve off-grid coastal communities

The large-scale seawater tanks and data analysis expertise at Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s Smart Sound workshop are being used to conduct stability ...

08 March 2021

International Women's Day at PML

The 8th March 2021 marks International Women’s Day; to celebrate, we spoke to some of the PML team about their challenges, successes and hopes for t...