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Centre For Geospatial Applications

28 October 2025

PML collaborates 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 collaboration with IBM Research, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre and the University of Exeter.

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  Protecting valuable aquatic ecosystems through improved satellite monitoring of water quality

  The PML-led ‘Copernicus Evolution – Research for harmonised and Transitional water Observation (CERTO)’ project has been showcased in the latest European Commission CORDIS ...

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  Bright clouds and artificial intelligence help illuminate climate science

  A pioneering new study has been published that investigates global trends in ship emissions, using a novel AI method to catalogue over one million ship tracks. This research establishes the first clear evidence of a global cloud response to changes in environmental regulations.

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  New capability for developing environmental intelligence applications from satellite data

  The NERC Earth Observation Data and Acquisition and Analysis Service (NEODAAS) is pleased to announce the successful install of its state-of-the-art MAssive GPU cluster for Earth Observation (MAGEO).