Category

Nitrogen

13 February 2026

MEDIA: Drastic seaweed growth threatens marine life and fishing – but also offers opportunities

PML’s Dr Yanna Alexia Fidai writes for The Conversation UK on how native and invasive (non-native) seaweeds are appearing in quantities that are hard to ignore.

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  Staff spotlight: Professor Kevin J Flynn – Plankton ecophysiologist

  Meet Professor Kevin Flynn, one of our most...

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  Joining forces on harmful algae: PML leads satellite project with NZ partner

  As South Australia confronts one of its most damaging harmful algal blooms on record, a new UK–New Zealand research project led by Plymouth Marin...

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  The shift that sparks nitrification: PML research resolves long-standing mystery within the nitrogen cycle

  New PML research has shed light on a long-standing puzzle in marine science: why does nitrification – a key process in the ocean’s nitrogen cycle – only ‘switch on’ under certain conditions? 

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  Where Science Meets Space Agencies: PML at IOCS 2025

  The International Ocean Colour Science (IOCS) meeting is underway in Germany –