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Green turtles snack on plastics that look like seagrass

Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research, supported by PML, suggests.

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New technique can show links between prey and microplastics

13 August 2019

A brand new method has been developed by scientists at PML and the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Abertay University and Greenpeace Resea...

Studying gas exchanges and zooplankton in the Arctic

08 August 2019

A research team, including scientists from PML, recently set off on a scientific cruise to the Arctic Ocean this weekend in a bid to understand the be...

Antarctic krill use 'hotspots' for spawning and nursery of their young

24 July 2019

New research, published today in PLOS ONE and led by PML, has shown how Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key species in the Southern Ocean food ...

PML and PML Applications earn Health and Safety seal of approval

22 July 2019

Continuing 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

18 July 2019

More than 50 researchers from across a wide range of organisations and disciplines gathered in late June for a UK Environmental Prediction (UKEP) work...

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A New Chief Executive for PML Group

15 July 2019

The 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 2019

PML 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

05 July 2019

Several PML scientists were on board the UK Natural Environment Research Council research ship RRS James Clark Ross, as it departed Tromsø in Nor...

Tender Opportunity: New buoy platform to facilitate trials and validation of innovative technologies

02 July 2019

PML have operated a highly successful scientific data buoy programme within the context of the Western Channel Observatory for over ten years and are ...

The future of the Antarctic Peninsula

02 July 2019

A briefing note published today by the Grantham Institute looks at the expected impacts of 1.5°C of global warming above pre-industrial levels on the...

Smart Sound Plymouth to support next generation of marine technologies

21 June 2019

The Marine Business Technology Centre (MBTC) has officially launched Smart Sound Plymouth, a proving area for designing, testing and developing cuttin...

Choosy copepods avoid microplastic-shaped algae

13 June 2019

With concerns around the presence of microplastics in the environment growing, two new research papers from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and partn...

Prey patches increase seabird competition

05 June 2019

A new study involving remote sensing research from Plymouth Marine Laboratory suggests that in areas of the sea where prey are clumped into “patches...

Collaboration to stop idling coaches

29 May 2019

In November 2018, several PML scientists attended the AccessLab workshop in Plymouth. AccessLab is a new public engagement format that aims to improve...

Seaweed helps to trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

23 May 2019

New research led by scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory shows, for the first time, the important role that the connectivity between macroalgae ...

Plan Plastic gives PML 'Mussel Power'

16 May 2019

PML researchers have been awarded funding towards an innovative microplastics project through Plan Plastic: The Million Pound Challenge, a £1 million...

Seaweeds can attract friends and keep away enemies

14 May 2019

Two biologists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) have shown for the first time th...

Focus on diver safety for pilot app

14 May 2019

e-shape (EuroGEOSS Showcases: Applications Powered by Europe), a new project coordinated by ARMINES and funded under the European Union’s Horizon 20...