Aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector worldwide and is likely to play a large role in supporting future food security of the...
Healthy, productive and resilient marine ecosystems are essential to us as they provide economic, scientific, environmental, cultural and...
One of the greatest challenges facing our world is how to feed an ever-increasing global population in a context of climate change, economic...
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 the first time, that plastic floating in the sea is costing human society hundreds if not thousands of billions of dollars eve...
Two biologists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) have shown for the first time that an aquatic plant (macrophyte) uses surface-based chemicals to specifically cultivate microbes on its surface that protect th...
Researchers at two leading Westcountry institutions have teamed up with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in a study that shows that spending time in marine and coastal environments has positive benefits on health and well-being.