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PML wins ‘Planet Saver’ award 
23 May 2024
The award was presented at the 2024 Devon &Plymouth Chamber Awards ceremony, “celebrating Devon’s brightest businesses’.
Coral reef in Malindi
Accelerating global biodiversity efforts: key themes from the recent UN advisory meeting in Kenya
22 May 2024
PML’s Professor Matt Frost reflects on the 26th SBSTTA meeting
Seaweed forests are an overlooked component of oceanic carbon storage
22 May 2024
A groundbreaking study by an international team of researchers, including scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), has revealed seaweed fores...
Above: Black triggerfish swimming around Boatswain Bird Island near Ascension Island. The seas around the remote Ascension Island
The sonification of marine heatwaves
18 May 2024
“Sonification’ is a term to describe the musical representation of data, and here, we share a sonification using projected model data of the futur...
Above: Dr Frances Hopkins in the Falklands pictured alongside a large group of Gentoo penguins. Like other penguin species
Staff Spotlight: Dr Frances Hopkins - Marine biogeochemist
13 May 2024
Meet Dr Frances Hopkins – or more affectionately known at the laboratory here as Frankie – a Marine Biogeochemist in our “Marine Biogeochemistry...
MEDIA: “Suffocating seas...” Prof Ana Queirós on marine heatwaves and ‘seabed hypoxia’
11 May 2024
PML’s Marine and Climate Change Ecologist Prof Ana Queirós was interviewed by the BBC for their article, “Hurricanes, heatwaves and rising se...
Artists impression of Oceanus - the world’s first long-range autonomous research vessel
MEDIA: Project Oceanus: Revolutionizing Oceanic Research with Autonomous Vessels
10 May 2024
Listen now to Yachting International Radio’s Yacht Crew Vlog, featuring our Chief Executive Professor Icarus Allen and Brett Phaneuf from Submergenc...
Above: Georgetown beach
Marine Protected Area ‘not safe’ from climate change, projections show
07 May 2024
Computer models forecast a worrying future for the Ascension Island Marine Protected Area.
Widespread microplastic pollution in Peruvian mangrove sediments and edible mangrove species
03 May 2024
New study shows that the mangroves of Tumbes, Peru are extensively contaminated with microplastic pollution, and estimate that the local inhabitants a...
Seal popping its head above the water
New study provides vital insight for climate-smart marine planning in UK waters
29 April 2024
The most advanced and comprehensive analysis of climate change impacts on the UK’s marine environment, in support of effective marine conservation a...
Container ships out in a bay with a vast stretch of ocean
Future regulation of marine autonomy in discussion in Singapore
26 April 2024
PML’s Professor James Fishwick takes part in a UK Marine Autonomy summit during Singapore Maritime Week
PML’s Prof Widdicombe voted as 2024 Frontiers Planet Prize Champion
22 April 2024
It was announced today (22nd April 2024) that our Director of Science Professor Steve Widdicombe is one of 23 researchers from 23 countries voted as t...
Above: Pictured at the front is our L4 autonomous buoy ‘tower’
Precious cargo... delivering our autonomous buoys to the sea
19 April 2024
There was a lot of activity at the laboratory this week as we moved two of our autonomous buoys to Turnchapel Wharf in Plymouth, the final stretch bef...
Barcelona
5 key takeaways from the UN Ocean Decade Conference
19 April 2024
The event in Barcelona brought together around 1,500 scientists and representatives of governments and environmental organisations.
Monitoring marine biodiversity from space
11 April 2024
PML has worked with the European Space Agency (ESA) for a number of decades, building a strong collaborative relationship on Earth observation researc...
How do we address the complex issue of microplastic pollution?
10 April 2024
International experts gather for panel discussions during UN Ocean Decade event in Barcelona.
Initiative increases awareness of the threats posed by light pollution to the global ocean
10 April 2024
The Global Ocean Artificial Light at Night Network (GOALANN) was launched today at the United Nations Ocean Decade Conference in Barcelona.
Barcelona
PML in Barcelona for the UN Ocean Decade Conference 
07 April 2024
Our colleagues will be taking part in the 2024 UN Ocean Decade Conference (10-12 April) and the Ocean Decade Week (8-12 April). Find out more about th...