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PML Announces Departure of Director of Science to Lead New Marine Science Centre in the UAE
Professor Steve Widdicombe will become an Honorary Fellow after more than 30 years of service
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New South West Marine Ecosystems report published
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Harvest time at world’s first co-located seaweed farm and offshore windfarm
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ProBleu Catalogue Joins UNESCO-IOC Blue Thread Network
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Progress at UNOC but major challenges remain: highlights from Nice
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Landmark new research funded to shape the future of “Marine Artificial Structures”: from oil and gas platforms to offshore wind structures
02 July 2025New project: ValMAS (Value of Marine Artificial Structures) is a PML-led £5.6 million transdisciplinary research project set to transform how offshor...
NERC science powers £3.3 billion boost to UK offshore wind: with support from PML expertise
01 July 2025A new study commissioned by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has revealed that public investment in environmental science has delivered...
Harnessing plankton research to inform next generation climate models
01 July 2025An international publication led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory highlights how upgrading current plankton models is critical to understanding the scale...
Tiny ocean migrants play a massive role in Southern Ocean carbon storage
27 June 2025New study reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes significantly to carbon sequestration in the Southern Ocean—a process ov...
Light threat is not so light for some static marine organisms
26 June 2025New study reveals harmful influence of artificial light at night on the immobile species, the snakelocks anemone. This beautiful sea creature provides...
Shaping the future of coastal autonomy
25 June 2025Today, national and international experts from science, policy and industry came together at Plymouth Marine Laboratory to help shape the future of co...
Mapping the Gaps: New Global Assessment Reveals Stark Biases in Ocean Biodiversity Data
23 June 2025Despite decades of ocean exploration, we still lack basic answers to one of the most fundamental ecological questions: where is marine life found, and...
Reflections of a POST Fellow
20 June 2025UK Houses of Parliament. Shreyas Sane | Unsplash At the start of 2025, PhD researcher with the University of Plymouth and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, ...
Plymouth is to be the national centre for marine autonomy
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PML Joins Global Call for Enhanced Protection and Restoration of Blue Carbon Ecosystems at UNOC3
13 June 2025Prof Ana Queirós is part of UN Ocean Decade Global Ocean Blue Carbon Programme (GO-BC) who made the intervention
Challenges for High Seas Treaty implementation highlighted at UNOC3
12 June 2025PML’s Prof Matt Frost chairs a roundtable of international experts as BBNJ ratifications gather momentum
Singular Mission to Chart Atlantic's Deep-Sea Biodiversity in focus at UNOC3
10 June 2025More than 40 international researchers joined a gathering in Nice to discuss Atlantic Ocean deep sea life mapping initiative, led by PML’s Prof Kerr...
Ocean acidification more advanced than previously thought
09 June 2025New research co-led by PML, NOAA, CIMERS OSU and the University of Maryland provides new evidence on the severity of ocean acidification.
Staff Spotlight: Dr Yanna Alexia Fidai - Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Scientist
08 June 2025Meet Dr Yanna Alexia Fidai, whose research explores how climate change, pollution and changing currents have created the perfect storm for massive sar...
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