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Indigenous and scientific perspectives of blue carbon in focus at international event
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03 October 2024PML is attending the North Sea Seaweed 2024 event
PML Wins Regional Chamber Business Award for Green Innovation
26 September 2024The award puts PML on the shortlist for the national prize. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is thrilled to announce its recognition as a Regional Win...
Microplastic Pollution in focus at the MICRO 2024 Conference
25 September 2024PML senior scientists and students among those presenting and chairing.
PML scientists contribute to groundbreaking Plankton Manifesto
24 September 2024The ‘Plankton Manifesto’ highlights the essential function of plankton within marine ecosystems.
Project to tackle nitrogen pollution in the Maldives launched
23 September 2024A new initiative to address nitrogen pollution in the marine environment of the Maldives, in which Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is a partner, has ...
Testing drones to help monitor water quality
20 September 2024Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) have been working together to explore water quality monitoring by d...
Antarctic krill can lock away similar levels of carbon as seagrass and mangroves
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A sustainable marine economy may not be possible in Tanzania without cutting global CO2 emissions
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Plymouth Marine Laboratory and Seabed 2030 announce partnership to support understanding of the global ocean
12 September 2024The two organisations have signed an MoU to work more closely together
FOCUS ON: Offshore Wind
03 September 2024PML scientists investigate the impacts of windfarm developments on marine life
New project: TRansformative Actions for resilient Coastal Communities (TRACC)
28 August 2024We’re excited to share our involvement in a new project that aims to bring together researchers, communities and stakeholders across the UK to co-de...
Sponsorship opportunity: ESA Ocean Synergy Training Course 2025 and the One Ocean Expedition
21 August 2024Plymouth Marine Laboratory joins the Trevor Platt Science Foundation to announce the sponsorship of a trainee from a developing country to participate...
MEDIA: Are ocean temperatures reaching a boiling point?
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Tackling Nitrogen Pollution in the Maldives
18 August 2024Dr Olivia Rendón, Environmental Economist at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), is in the Maldives this August to support a multi-agency programme to ...
Has reducing ship exhaust pollution accelerated global warming?
16 August 2024A new study explored the climate effect of the mandated reduction of sulphur in ship exhaust emissions globally since 2020. Highly relevant to interna...
World's first co-located commercial-scale seaweed farm and offshore windfarm announced
15 August 2024This autumn, the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm co-located with an offshore windfarm will launch in the North Sea, about 18 kilometers ...
New South West Marine Ecosystems Report highlights the unusual marine events of 2023
14 August 2024Following the Annual South West Marine Ecosystems Conference, hosted at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) on 26 April 2024, the State of South West Sea...
PML successfully deploy a fleet of ocean robots to improve future forecasts of ocean health
09 August 2024PML scientists have deployed a fleet of autonomous robotic gliders to monitor phytoplankton blooms and dissolved oxygen levels in the Western English ...
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