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Environmental Intelligence

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Environmental Intelligence

Integrating leading and cutting-edge marine ecosystem and process modelling, data science and machine learning to enhance knowledge and understanding of marine systems, we are pushing the boundaries of scientific exploration and delivering trusted and innovative solutions that transform complex mari...

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  DEAL: DEcentrAlised Learning for automated image analysis and biodiversity monitoring

  DEAL will create an application that allows owners of biological image data to participate in decentralised, collaborative networks, where they can leverage the data and expertise of all participants to obtain better, higher efficacy classification results for their data.
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  Monitoring Integrated Digital Support Tool – for CO2 and hypersaline brine monitoring applied to UK

  In 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...
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  TYRE-LOSS: Lost at Sea – where are all the tyre particles?

  Tyre particles are increasingly recognised as a potentially major source of microplastic pollution, yet limited data exists on their accumulation and risks in the marine environments. The TYRE-LOSS project is tackling this critical knowledge gap.
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  FOCUS: Future States of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for Solutions

  The Future states Of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for Solutions (FOCUS) project is working to understand how climate change and human activities are impacting coastal seas worldwide.
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  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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  Environmental Monitoring at Calstock flood defence improvement scheme

  Measuring the effects of new Calstock intertidal wetland on water biogeochemistry

01 May 2026

From Plymouth to Brazil: PML researchers join global SOLAS Summer School!

Early career scientists from PML joined a global cohort in Brazil to build skills, collaborations and knowledge to tackle climate challenges. 

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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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  From Treaty to reality: the science the High Seas cannot do without

  Following the 3rd BBNJ Symposium in Rio, a new PML-led publication outlines how science can and must underpin its delivery.

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  New roadmap launched to help future-proof ocean management in UK Overseas Territories against climate change

  This roadmap has been co-developed with UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) groups to support the implementation of climate-smart principles into marine management approaches.

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  PML welcomes Defra’s Chief Scientific Advisor Professor Anjali Goswami FRS

  Plymouth Marine Laboratory(PML) were delighted to host a visit from Professor Anjali Goswami FRS – Chief Scientific Advisor and Director General for Science, Data and Analysis – of the UK Department for Environment, ...