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Autonomy, technology and digitisation
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Nature-based solutions
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are environmental management approaches that protect nature whilst helping to address societal problems, such as climate change and pollution. By making people a key recipient of nature conservation benefits, NbS accelerate action and facilitate buy-in for approaches li...
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Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Carbon (dioxide) Capture and Storage (CCS) is used as a mitigation strategy for addressing the increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. We are working to deliver new approaches, methodologies and tools for the safe and efficient operation of offshore storage sites.
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Autonomous sampling
PML is working to progress the technological transition towards autonomous measurements and platforms to collect environmental and biological data using our fleet of autonomous ocean robots.
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning
We apply artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to address environmental challenges
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Autonomy, technology and digitisation
Advances in marine technology can deliver economic benefits and improve the management, sustainability and governance of marine and coastal environments. Our scientists, modellers and technologists operate at the forefront of marine technology development.
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Satellite-based observations of Carbon in the Ocean: Pools, Fluxes and Exchanges (SCOPE)In the Satellite-based observations of Carbon in the Ocean: Pools fluxes and Exchange (SCOPE) project, funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), we bring together an international team of experts to study the ocean carbon cycle from space to better understand how much carbon the ocean stores and ho... -
Deep Vision: AI-enabled Mapping of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems in the AtlanticCo-led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth, this project uses artificial intelligence and high-resolution seabed data to map vulnerable marine ecosystems across the Atlantic Basin. The resulting evidence supports the design of legal protections for deep-sea biodiversity, inc... -
Ocean ICU: Improving Carbon UnderstandingThe Horizon EU OceanICU is a five year project that seeks to gain a new understanding of the biological carbon pump and its processes in order to provide fundamental knowledge and tools to help policy makers, regulators and Ocean industry–fishing and mining, along with the wider blue econo... -
Monitoring Integrated Digital Support Tool – for CO2 and hypersaline brine monitoring applied to UKIn MIDST-UK, an open source, user friendly, pre-operational Decision Support Tool (DST) will be extended to also included brine release (high salinity, high temperature and varied contaminants) for impact assessment, monitoring, and detection criteria. Case studies are then to be developed within po... -
Smart AUVs for detection and quantification of greenhouse gas seepage in the oceansSmartAUVs will dramatically improve the monitoring capabilities of AUVs, by applying artificial intelligence (AI) in concert with specialized signal processing techniques to enable AUV decision autonomy, i.e., the ability to take intelligent action in real time based on sensor input, enabling sound ... -
AgZero+ Towards sustainable, climate-neutral farmingPlymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a partner in a major five-year £13.8 million research programme, named “AgZero+’, to support the UK’s transition towards home-grown food production that is sustainable, carbon-neutral and has a positive effect on nature.
Related News
08 June 2026
PML scientists contribute to UN ocean assessment warning of compounding threats but also pathways towards a sustainable future
This week the third World Ocean Assessment was launched which includes major contributions by PML scientists. This assessment is the only global integrated assessment of the world’s ocean covering environmental, economic and social aspects.
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Can Marine Protected Areas withstand climate change?As the world marks World Ocean Day 2026 under the theme ‘Strong Marine Protected Areas for Our Blue Planet’, PML’s Dr Liz Talbot expla...
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PML announces new Head of Group for Environmental IntelligenceIt was announced this week that
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PML backs call for safeguards on emerging ocean carbon removal technologiesPlymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) has joined international organisations in backing a new joint statement calling for robust governance, transparency, and public participation and trust in the development of engineered marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) approaches....
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MEDIA: PML’s research on ‘Mighty mangroves’ in Asia Research News 2026Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s research on mangrove ecosystems has been featured in Asia Research News 2026, highlighting ongoing collaborations between the UK and Malaysia.
