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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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  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...

20 May 2026

Trading the Lab for Parliament: My POST Fellowship Experience

For three months, marine science PhD researcher Stephanie Day swapped Plymouth for Westminster to explore how research informs policymaking through a POST fellowship.

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  PML shares marine planning knowledge and tools at Caribbean UNESCO summit

  This week a PML scientist has been sharing cutting-edge marine spatial planning knowledge and tools with Caribbean nations at a high-level UNESCO meeting in Colombia, to help secure a more sustainable ocean future in the region.

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  PML’s data architect selected for prestigious national DAFNI Fellowship

  PML’s Dr Tom Mansfield has been selected as a 2026 Fellow of the Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (

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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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  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.