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Ocean whirlpools reveal shifting patterns in plankton life across the North Atlantic

New research uncovers how huge circular rotating currents – known as ocean mesoscale eddies – are reshaping plankton communities as the climate changes.

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17 November 2025

Ocean action is climate action: PML science contributes to latest ocean and climate action report

The 2024-2025 Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action (ROCA) report, released at COP30, highlights the critical role the ocean plays in combatting climat...

14 November 2025

Bringing Ocean Science to COP30: In Conversation with Professor Matt Frost

The UN Climate Conference is taking place in Brazil from 10th – 21st November

13 November 2025

No crew, no problem: PML’s autonomous vessel samples the Plymouth Sound for biodiversity data

PML and partners complete a successful sampling campaign in the Plymouth Sound with uncrewed surface vessel (USV) AutoNaut ‘Pioneer’.

Front cover of the MSPACE Early Warning System

12 November 2025

PML-led MSPACE project features in the COP30 UK Pavilion Showreel

The showreel is playing throughout COP30 in the UK Pavilion and highlights some of the best UK-developed products and services tackling climate chan...

10 November 2025

New Survey: Help shape the future of 'Climate Smart' marine planning

The University of Essex are inviting input from UK marine policy makers, planners, industry representatives and the conservation community as part of...

07 November 2025

£5.6M project to guide UK's offshore energy future launches in Plymouth

Scientists, political advisors and industry leaders from across the globe came together this week to mark the official launch of a multi-million pound...

Icebergs of Iceland’s Vatnajokull. Anders Jilden | Unsplash

06 November 2025

Global food security and species survival at risk from accelerating ice loss, says major new report

The ‘2025 State of the Cryosphere Report’ has been published with expert input from PML, among others

04 November 2025

COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion endorsed by UN Ocean Decade

It has been announced that the COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion – a free online platform connecting global audiences with the United Nations ocean and c...

04 November 2025

NECCTON: A Franco-British partnership anchoring Europe’s ocean leadership

Horizon Europe project NECCTON, for which PML is project managing, was presented at yesterday’s high-level RISE FR-UK (Research and Innovation Excel...

01 November 2025

PML’s Bryony Squires named recipient of prestigious IMarEST Apprentice Award

PML’s Plankton Apprentice Bryony Squires has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Lady Hamlyn Award for Apprentices by the Instit...

Eutrophication | Övergödslat Vatten CC BY-SA 4.0

31 October 2025

PML scientists contribute to international nitrogen impact guidance

The International Nitrogen Management System (INMS) Guidance Document on Nitrogen Impact Assessment Methods provides a comprehensive framework and pra...

29 October 2025

Professor Smyth’s vision for the future of the laboratory

As he settles into the role of Director of Science, Professor Tim Smyth shares how he plans to build on PML’s strong foundation of collaboration and...

Plankton bloom in the Barents Sea | European Space Agency

28 October 2025

Plymouth Marine Laboratory works with IBM to launch new AI model to monitor ocean health

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is pleased to announce the release of an innovative AI ‘foundation model’ for observing Earth’s oceans, in coll...

27 October 2025

Insights into marine light pollution: PML scientists in Ireland for international ALAN summit

The event is the largest international scientific conference on the impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN).

24 October 2025

PML to co-lead £2m project using AI to create the largest-ever study of vulnerable deep-sea habitats

The award from Bezos Earth Fund supports innovative uses of artificial intelligence to protect biodiversity and advance climate solutions worldwide...

21 October 2025

Lessons from the Tamar: how PML-led science in Devon is informing international guidance on water management

UN Source-to-Sea Guidance Note a ‘call to action’ on how we manage our most critical natural systems.

PML Pioneer - PML's small autonomous vessel in the water

20 October 2025

PML Welcomes UK-First Policy Expanding Water Space for Unmanned Marine Systems

The wave-propelled PML Pioneer is the first autonomous vessel designated under the policy from King’s Harbour Master

15 October 2025

PML welcomes the RRS Sir David Attenborough to Plymouth

The scientific research ship is visiting Plymouth on her way to the Antarctic summer season

10 October 2025

Microplastics: tiny tyre particles found to stick to and be eaten by estuarine animals

New PML research has revealed that particles shed from car tyres – a major but often overlooked source of microplastic pollution – are both eaten ...

08 October 2025

Why is sargassum seaweed swamping West African coasts?

In recent years, huge blooms of Sargassum seaweed have appeared across the Tropical Atlantic, piling up on coasts in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico… ...

Irrawaddy Delta aerial image could be mistaken for an histology slide. Image courtesy of the European Space Agency

06 October 2025

How Earth Observation can help public health

A new comprehensive review evaluates how Earth Observation technologies and Big Data platforms are being harnessed to monitor and understand human hea...

03 October 2025

PML team celebrates win at Blue-Cloud Hackathon 2025!

We’re delighted to announce that, yesterday, a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) were selected as one of t...

02 October 2025

Communities hold the key to tidal energy projects, new study finds

A new study shows that gaining deeper understanding of the drivers behind public attitudes to renewable energy is the key to minimising opposition to ...