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Policy

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  Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise: Management of Impacts on Biodiversity (AquaPLAN)

  AquaPLAN is a four-year EU Horizon Europe project quantifying the combined impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN) and anthropogenic noise on aquatic biodiversity across Europe’s freshwater, estuarine, coastal and offshore environments. PML contributes expertise in physical and social mari...

11 June 2026

PML joins global call to place ocean at heart of COP31 climate action 

An open letter has been signed by more than 150 world leaders, scientists, and institutions.

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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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  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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  £50 million investment to boost marine innovation and defence capability in Plymouth

  PML welcomes the UK Government’s announcement of a £50 million investment to accele...