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29th AMT research cruise sets sail

16 October 2019
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Understanding phytoplankton communities

14 October 2019
Understanding the structure of marine ecosystems is important for sustainable policy and management of the ocean. New research from PML looks at the s...

COMFORT project looks to future of the ocean

09 October 2019
A new EU Horizon 2020 project, involving PML researchers, is kicking off this week, aiming to detect and minimise climate change in the oceans by focu...

IPCC report on future of ocean and cryosphere

25 September 2019
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritising timely, ambitious and coordinated ac...

Biggest ever Arctic research expedition sets sail

20 September 2019
UK research teams, including scientists from PML, are set to join the first ever year-round expedition into the central Arctic Ocean to undertake grou...

Seabed carbon stores threatened by climate change and human activity

19 September 2019
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Blue Carbon possibilities

09 September 2019
Blue Carbon research focuses on the ways that oceans and vegetated coastal ecosystems, like mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass beds, contribute to ...

Green turtles snack on plastics that look like seagrass

14 August 2019
Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research, supported by PML, suggests.

New technique can show links between prey and microplastics

13 August 2019
A brand new method has been developed by scientists at PML and the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Abertay University and Greenpeace Resea...

Studying gas exchanges and zooplankton in the Arctic

08 August 2019
A research team, including scientists from PML, recently set off on a scientific cruise to the Arctic Ocean this weekend in a bid to understand the be...

Antarctic krill use 'hotspots' for spawning and nursery of their young

24 July 2019
New research, published today in PLOS ONE and led by PML, has shown how Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key species in the Southern Ocean food ...

PML and PML Applications earn Health and Safety seal of approval

22 July 2019
Continuing PML and PML Applications’ pursuit of excellent standards of health and safety awareness and practice, the Group has just been awarded cer...

UK Environmental Prediction collaboration delivering new research on high resolution interactions between our atmosphere, land and oceans

18 July 2019
More than 50 researchers from across a wide range of organisations and disciplines gathered in late June for a UK Environmental Prediction (UKEP) work...