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New technique can show links between prey and microplastics
A brand new method has been developed by scientists at PML and the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Abertay University and Greenpeace Research Laboratories, to investigate links between top predator diets and the amount of microplastic they consume through their prey, offering potential insights into the exposure of animals in the ocean and on land to microplastics.
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Studying gas exchanges and zooplankton in the Arctic
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Antarctic krill use 'hotspots' for spawning and nursery of their young
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PML and PML Applications earn Health and Safety seal of approval
22 July 2019Continuing 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
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A New Chief Executive for PML Group
15 July 2019The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Icarus Allen as the new Chief Executive of both Plymouth Marine Laboratory, ...
Cooperation to tackle plastic pollution
09 July 2019PML researchers will be contributing to a new research project aiming to inspire international action to tackle marine plastic pollution.
PML scientists investigating in the Arctic
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Tender Opportunity: New buoy platform to facilitate trials and validation of innovative technologies
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The future of the Antarctic Peninsula
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Smart Sound Plymouth to support next generation of marine technologies
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Choosy copepods avoid microplastic-shaped algae
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Prey patches increase seabird competition
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Collaboration to stop idling coaches
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Seaweed helps to trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
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Plan Plastic gives PML 'Mussel Power'
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Seaweeds can attract friends and keep away enemies
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Focus on diver safety for pilot app
14 May 2019e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe), a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 20...
Once-in-a-decade review on observing sea states
07 May 2019“Sea states”, or wave conditions, have been observed for centuries in ships’ logs and other historical documents. Now new technologies allow for...
PML researchers educating from the Arctic
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