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What are the potential effects of floating offshore wind on marine ecosystems?
26 November 2024Plymouth Marine Laboratory is a leading partner in a new programme focused on enhancing understanding of how UK marine ecosystems may respond to futur...
PML Joins Global Call for Increased Ocean Action in the wake of COP29
25 November 2024More than 60 leading ocean organisations have signed the Baku Ocean Declaration
PML in the media: PhD researcher Clare Lewis to feature on Channel 5 documentary ‘Britain's Killer Wave of 1607’
24 November 2024Clare Lewis – PhD researcher studying meteostunamis in the UK with the University of Reading and Plymouth Marine Laboratory – will feature in a Ch...
Taking care of our data platforms: servicing the E1 buoy
22 November 2024PML’s Marine Technology and Autonomy Team embark on the Trinity House Vessel Patricia to service E1 Buoy
PML Welcomes Ministerial Calls at COP29 for Urgent Action on Cryosphere Loss
20 November 2024An international high-level group is warning of disruption at global scales
Fully operational: young seaweed have been planted in the world’s first co-located seaweed and offshore windfarm
19 November 2024The world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm, set within an existing offshore wind farm in the North Sea, is now fully operational. The final dep...
Ocean Acidification Week 2024
18 November 2024Our friends at the Global Ocean Acidification Observing Network (GOA-ON) have organised an incredible week of webinars – free for all to attend – ...
The colour of the ocean – why does it matter?
13 November 2024As part of Protecting our Planet Day (POP24), PML experts share an introduction to Ocean colour, and why it matters to our health and the health of ou...
Warning to COP29 from cryosphere scientists as glacier loss hits record highs
12 November 2024The newly published State of the Cryosphere Report 2024, including contributions from PML’s Prof. Helen Findlay, states that the world’s ice store...
Strengthening research cooperation with China to help advance global marine science
11 November 2024We are pleased to announce that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Plymouth Marine Laboratory and State Key Laboratory of Mar...
Major European report highlights need for integrated social and environmental science
05 November 2024The ‘Navigating the Future VI’ report was published by the European Marine Board with input from PML.
Unmasking Ocean Acidification: Global Scientific Community invited to help map its biological effects
04 November 2024Scientists worldwide are being called upon to contribute to a major global research initiative aimed at understanding the impacts of ocean acidificati...
Student spotlight: Charlotte Woodhouse
31 October 2024Did you know that rubber particles broken off from the wear and tear of vehicle tyres are a major source of marine plastic pollution? How does this af...
MEDIA: PML's Dr Stefanie Broszeit writes for The Conversation UK on how to quantify the benefits the Ocean provides
29 October 2024Dr Stefanie Broszeit, Senior marine ecosystem services scientist at PML, has written for The Conversation UK about her work quantifying the value of ...
Sliver of cool surface water helps the ocean absorb more carbon
25 October 2024Subtle temperature differences at the ocean surface allow more carbon dioxide (CO2) to be absorbed, new research shows.
How is eDNA shedding light on marine biodiversity?
24 October 2024PML’s Dr Karen Tait discusses the role of eDNA in advancing our understanding of marine life
Taking research to new heights: how aerial drones are supporting UK science
24 October 2024PML contributes to national review of Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS)
13 going on 195: The Race to Stop Ocean Acidification
23 October 2024As the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP16) has started in Cali, Colombia, our Director of Science Professor Steve Widdicombe shares his th...
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