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Autonomous sampling

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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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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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  Automated, in situ Plankton Imaging and Classification System (APICS)

  The Automated, in situ Plankton Imaging and Classification System (APICS) will radically improve the understanding of how environmental changes are affecting plankton, the microscopic organisms at the foundation of the marine food chain.
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  Combining Autonomous observations and Models for Predicting and Understanding Shelf seas

  CAMPUS is a three-year project (2018–2021), funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, combining state-of-the-art computer modelling with innovative observational systems utilising the latest technologies.
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  An Alternative Framework to Assess Marine Ecosystem Functioning in Shelf Seas (AlterEco)

  AlterEco aims to develop a new observational framework based upon the latest marine autonomous systems (MAS) to improve the spatio-temporal understanding of key shelf sea ecosystem drivers. This will be achieved through a sustained observational campaign in the North Sea, covering a 14 month period ...

05 June 2026

PML announces new Head of Group for Environmental Intelligence

It was announced this week that Dr James Clark has been appointed Head of Group for Environmental Intelligence at Plymouth Marine Laboratory.

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  Satellites, ships and robotic floats: tracking ocean carbon more accurately

  PML researchers have developed a new approach to com...

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  £50 million investment to boost marine innovation and defence capability in Plymouth

  PML welcomes the UK Government’s announcement of a £50 million investment to accele...

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  MEDIA: How AI could unlock deep‑sea secrets of marine life

  PML’s Professor Kerry Howell writes for the The Conversation UK on how AI can unlock critical biodiversity data to guide marin...

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  Q&A with Prof. Kerry Howell: How AI is revolutionising the mapping of deep sea species

  Following the launch of the Bezos Earth Fund ‘Deep Vision’ project, here we share a Q&A about the project with