PML a founding partner in the first ever Ocean Pavilion at the UN climate conference

Smart Sound Connect Wins 5G Innovation of the Year Award

Smart Sound Connect, the world’s first ocean-focussed 5G testbed, has been recognised by the mobile sector as a cutting-edge innovation platform for...

PML awarded grant to facilitate expansion of environmentally-sustainable marine UK wind energy

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has been awarded a grant to fund a decision-making support tool to facilitate the expansion of marine UK wind energy in an ...

21 years of satellite data finds PP to be a better indicator of marine disturbances than Chl a

PML study reveals the presence of silver nanoparticles increases nitrogen fixation

Advanced monitoring of plankton using AI technology receives major funding boost

The new automated system will enable a step change in the frequency and range of marine plankton measurements.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory lead study identifying variations in South Atlantic air-sea CO2 flux

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has led on a study to identify the biological control of the interannual and long-term variations in South Atlantic air-sea...

PML contributes to paper on human health and wellbeing benefits associated with mangrove habitats

Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s Andrew Edwards-Jones has contributed to a paper that offers qualitative research on cultural ecosystem services, specif...

New approach to estimate phytoplankton biomass and primary production more accurately

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has contributed to a publication that highlights a new approach to more accurately estimate phytoplankton biomass and net p...

Characterisation of the inshore marine sectors of Da Nang, Vietnam

PML has published a new paper on the ‘Characterisation of the inshore marine sectors of Da Nang, Vietnam’.

PML visits Australian Institute of Marine Science

Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s Chief Executive Professor Icarus Allen was recently invited by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) to be ...

Ecosystem ‘health’ considerations help deliver a more precise approach for active marine habitat management and restoration

A new study has been published to help improve understanding of the link between marine habitat “health’ and ecosystem service provision, by using...

Plymouth Marine Laboratory project awarded UKERC Flexible Research Fund

Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Aberdeen and have been awarded a round of funding for their joint project, “The marine energy, biod...

Remote sensing reveals lake response to European double heatwave

Plymouth Marine Laboratory have contributed to a paper investigating lake chlorophyll-a (an indicator of algae) responses to the 2019 European double ...

Dramatic changes in the abundance of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has led a study that has revealed dramatic changes in the abundance of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic over the last 60...

Spotted! Floating Plastic Litter Detected and Categorised Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)

A new AI technique pioneered by scientists at PML uses images from a vessel-mounted camera to identify different types of marine plastic.

The State of South-West Seas in 2021

Plymouth Marine Laboratory has contributed to the eighth report in the series, which brings the marine and coastal community together to record change...

£3 million for new carbon capture project and pilot plant: SeaCURE

Plymouth Marine Laboratory are part of a new carbon capture project that could pave the way for large-scale removal of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from...

Plymouth Marine Laboratory successfully deploys state-of-the-art scientific data buoy off Plymouth

The advanced technology is a key part of the Smart Sound Plymouth network of autonomous platforms.

Highlights from the 2022 UN Ocean Conference

Plymouth Marine Laboratory scientists were delighted to have been able to play a prominent role at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, in recognition o...