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Marine Processes and Observations

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Marine Processes and Observations

Observing, analysing, and understanding ocean processes, pioneering advanced Earth Observation (EO) techniques and leveraging digital innovations to achieve a greater fundamental understanding of marine systems.

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  SUPaCOOL – Sentinel User Preparation and organic Carbon from earth Observation between Ocean and Land

  Preparing users for next-generation CHIME and LSTM satellite missions to monitor organic carbon flux in coastal waters and river plumes-closing critical gaps in global carbon cycle understanding.
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  CHALKY: Coccolithophore controls on ocean alkalinity

  The CHALKY project aims to determine how coccolithophore calcium carbonate production, recycling and export from the surface ocean affects air-sea CO2 fluxes and the ocean’s carbon sink, and how this may change in a warming ocean.
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  LandSeaLot: Land-Sea interface: Let’s observe together!

  Monitoring the complex land-sea interface is critical for managing pollution, carbon fluxes, biodiversity, and other challenges driven by human and climate pressures. The 4-year LandSeaLot project will strengthen observational capabilities in this dynamic zone through integrated in situ measurements...
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  EuroGO-SHIP: Enhancing Ocean Observations

  The EuroGO-SHIP project aims to enhance the quality, integration and sustainability of ship-based hydrographic data collection across Europe.
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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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  HyperBOOST – Hyperspectral Bio-Optical Observations Sailing on Tara

  Marine ecosystem health in coastal areas can be challenging to monitor using Earth Observation due to their optical complexity. HyperBOOST will address this by using in-situ hyperspectral bio-optical measurements for the validation of satellite data, useful to develop marine coastal biodiversity pro...

13 May 2026

PML’s Professor Shubha Sathyendranath MBE awarded prestigious Nansen Polar Bear Award

A legacy of marine science: PML’s Professor Shubha Sathyendranath MBE has been awarded the 2026 Nansen Polar Bear Award in recognition of her...

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  MEDIA: PML’s research on ‘Mighty mangroves’ in Asia Research News 2026

  Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s research on mangrove ecosystems has been featured in Asia Research News 2026, highlighting ongoing collaborations between the UK and Malaysia.

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  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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  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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  Satellites, ships and robotic floats: tracking ocean carbon more accurately

  PML researchers have developed a new approach to com...