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Place-based Impact

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Place-based impact

PML is committed to creating impactful research that provides solutions to challenges in the marine environment at both local and regional scales. By promoting optimal use of data and information, we aim to make a significant difference in our local community and beyond. Our extensive natural scienc...

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  AgZero+ Towards sustainable, climate-neutral farming

  Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a partner in a major five-year £13.8 million research programme, named “AgZero+’, to support the UK’s transition towards home-grown food production that is sustainable, carbon-neutral and has a positive effect on nature.
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  Marine Social and Natural Capital Laboratory

  Launching the first Marine Social and Natural Capital Laboratory of its kind, linking social and natural sciences enabling data for ground-breaking research into sustainable use, human well-being and ecosystem services. In fact, this new laboratory provides the perfect testbed for novel and transfor...
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  Automated, in situ Plankton Imaging and Classification System (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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  MyCOAST

  MyCOAST will develop risk management tools and a Coordination Atlantic Coastal Operational Observatory to improve coastal monitoring and forecasting tools to support threat and emergency response by in the Atlantic area.
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  Western Channel Observatory (WCO)

  The Western Channel Observatory (WCO) is an oceanographic time-series and marine biodiversity reference site in the Western English Channel. In-situ measurements are undertaken weekly at coastal station L4 and fortnightly at open shelf station E1 using our research vessels and that of the Marine Bio...

11 June 2026

Detected from space: 20 years of data shows declining photosynthesis in UK and surrounding waters 

A new study by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) has revealed a significant long-term decline in ocean productivity across large parts of the north-east Atlantic, raising concerns about the future health of marine food webs, fisheries and the ocean’s ability to absorb and sequester carbon dioxide.

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  PML scientists contribute to UN ocean assessment warning of compounding threats but also pathways towards a sustainable future 

  This week the third World Ocean Assessment was launched which includes major contributions by PML scientists. This assessment is the only global integrated assessment of the world’s ocean covering environmental, economic and social as...

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  Can Marine Protected Areas withstand climate change?

  As the world marks World Ocean Day 2026 under the theme ‘Strong Marine Protected Areas for Our Blue Planet’, PML’s Dr Liz Talbot expla...

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  PML announces new Head of Group for Environmental Intelligence

  It was announced this week that

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  Five years of Marine Research Plymouth Alliance:  driving global impact from the UK

  This five–