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Prey patches increase seabird competition

A new study involving remote sensing research from Plymouth Marine Laboratory suggests that in areas of the sea where prey are clumped into “patches”, seabirds have to compete more with each other, leading to more time spent foraging and lower breeding success.

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29 May 2019

Collaboration to stop idling coaches

In November 2018, several PML scientists attended the AccessLab workshop in Plymouth. AccessLab is a new public engagement format that aims to improve...

23 May 2019

Seaweed helps to trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

New research led by scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory shows, for the first time, the important role that the connectivity between macroalgae ...

16 May 2019

Plan Plastic gives PML 'Mussel Power'

PML researchers have been awarded funding towards an innovative microplastics project through Plan Plastic: The Million Pound Challenge, a £1 million...

14 May 2019

Seaweeds can attract friends and keep away enemies

Two biologists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) have shown for the first time th...

14 May 2019

Focus on diver safety for pilot app

e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe), a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 20...

07 May 2019

Once-in-a-decade review on observing sea states

“Sea states”, or wave conditions, have been observed for centuries in ships’ logs and other historical documents. Now new technologies allow for...

01 May 2019

PML researchers educating from the Arctic

AXA XL Arctic Live is launched for the sixth year running, livestreaming scientists’ field work on microplastics and ocean acidification into classr...

25 April 2019

Identifying plastic hotspots from space

Scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) are using Earth observation satellites to detect patches of marine debris, using a new method that may ...

10 April 2019

Satellite service re-commissioned

This week the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) re-commissioned a Plymouth Marine Laboratory-led service, which provides processed and analy...

28 March 2019

Marine plastic has a cost to humans too

Following hot on the heels of the recognition that plastics entering the ocean have an impact on its marine life, scientists have now revealed, for t...

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25 February 2019

Massive biological shifts in the global ocean

A new study shows how a warming ocean has led to unprecedented marine biological changes at the global level over the last decade, and that future cha...

21 February 2019

First UK-wide assessment of changes in plankton community

Scientists have developed the methodology to complete the first ever assessment of how plankton communities are changing in coastal waters and shelf s...

21 February 2019

Krill and carbon

Large krill swarms in the Southern Ocean could help remove additional carbon from the atmosphere, in a way that is currently “hidden’ in global mo...

13 February 2019

PODCAST project seeks solution for cholera outbreaks

A new project, Pathways Of Dispersal for Cholera And Solution Tools (PODCAST) will investigate the sources and transmission routes of microbial pollut...

08 February 2019

Event shows how £6.4m project can have positive impact for Plymouth businesses

Business leaders from across Plymouth have been finding out how the region’s environmental and technological expertise can benefit them.

31 January 2019

Plastic in Britain's seals, dolphins and whales

Microplastics have been found in the guts of every marine mammal examined in a new study of animals washed up on Britain’s shores.

29 January 2019

PML and Exeter look forward to a sustainable future

Building on years of collaboration, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the University of Exeter (UoE) are delighted to announce a renewed, reinvigor...

22 January 2019

£20 million to tackle nitrogen pollution

The UK Government today (January 22) announces its commitment to fund a major international research programme to tackle the challenge that nitrogen p...

21 January 2019

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The population of Antarctic krill, the favourite food of many whales, penguins, fish and seals, shifted southward during a recent period of warming in...

05 August 2018

Success for PML with Athena SWAN award

We are delighted to announce that PML has successfully achieved Bronze level Athena SWAN accreditation.

08 June 2016

Explorer and Film-maker James Cameron to be first patron of PML

PML is thrilled to announce that James Cameron, world renowned explorer, environmentalist and film-maker, has joined PML as its first patron.