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Water-related diseases

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Water-related diseases

Water-related diseases affect millions of people each year worldwide. PML is monitoring the movement and spread of disease pathogens to support adaptation and reduce risks for human and ecosystem health under climate change.

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Cleaner seas

The marine environment is impacted by human activities which have variable effects on the health of the ocean and its capacity to provide for us. Whilst some impacts are very visible, others are less obvious, and whilst some are benign, others are very harmful.

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  WADIM: Water-Associated infectious Diseases in India: digital Management tools

  WADIM aims to develop a multi-layered digital tool to map sanitation conditions and occurrence of disease and changes therein, especially in the event of flooding due to monsoon rainfall or natural disasters.
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  Pathways Of Dispersal for Cholera And Solution Tools (PODCAST)

  Image courtesy of the World Health Organization. Focusing on the northern Indian Ocean, a multidisciplinary team of scientists from India, Japan and the UK bring together multidisciplinary expertise in remote-sensing, modelling, climate, microbiology, genomic and epidemiology to assess the influence...
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  Rehabilitation of Vibrio-infested waters of Lake Vembanad, funded under the India-UK Water Quality programme (REVIVAL)

  Lake Vembanad is the largest body of water in Kerala, India, stretching almost 100km in length and spanning an area of over 2000km2. Its shores are home to 1.6 million people, many of whom depend on the waters for their livelihoods. The lake provides essential income to the inhabitants of the area ...

27 April 2026

PML hosts the South West Marine Ecosystems Annual Conference

This years’ conference, titled ‘Past & Future Change’, brought together marine researchers, conservationists, regulators and citizen scientists to share knowledge, strengthen collaborations and inform future monitoring and management of the South West marine environment.

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  Staff spotlight: Professor Kevin J Flynn – Plankton ecophysiologist

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

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  Where Science Meets Space Agencies: PML at IOCS 2025

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

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  Microplastics pose a human health risk in more ways than one

  New study shows that microplastics in the natural environment are colonized by pathogenic and antimicrobial resistant bacteria. The study team calls for urgent action for waste management and strongly recommends to wear gloves whe...

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  How Earth Observation can help public health

  A new comprehensive review evaluates how Earth Observation technologies and Big Data platforms are being harnessed to monitor and understand human health. It highlights the potential for disease modelling, e...