Category

Biodiversity

11 July 2026

Record-breaking marine heatwave highlights the importance of long-term monitoring

UK sea temperatures have exceeded 20°C in the past few days

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  Hundreds of jellyfish wash ashore Southwest beaches – what is causing such large blooms?

  Following a mass jellyfish stranding

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  Parliamentarians take to our lab – and the seas – to discover how ocean research supports environmental decision-making 

  Yesterday, a group of cross-party UK parliamentarians joined us in the laboratory and set sail aboard

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  Decline in plankton across North East Atlantic sends stark warning for ocean health

  A new study, involving scientists from PML, found there were no habitats assessed as being of ‘Good Environmental Status’ in a region stretching from Portugal to Norway.

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  A ‘super’ El Niño has the power to devastate fishing – and leave seals and sea lions starving

  PML’s Dr Samantha Garrard has written for The Conversation UK about the growing likelihood of a...