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UN Ocean Conference focused on innovation to stop the rapid decline of ocean health
20 June 2022Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) scientists will play a prominent role at the 2022 United Nations Ocean Conference from 27 June to 1 July in Lisbon, P...
Plymouth Marine Laboratory reveals plans for the world's first long-range autonomous research vessel
31 May 2022Plymouth-based M SUBS Ltd were commissioned to design the 24m ‘Oceanus’
Could you be part of our digital future? New digital science roles available at Plymouth Marine Laboratory
26 May 2022Digital technologies are transforming marine science. PML is seeking candidates to be part of an ambitious team to harness the full potential of AI...
PML selected by Turing Institute for new programme to tackle environmental issues using data science and AI
25 May 2022The new expanded skills programme will involve ten UK organisations focused on solving a broad range of critical environmental and sustainability prob...
'The Language of Life' disrupted by climate change
24 May 2022Climate change is disrupting essential chemical communication processes between organisms ' 'the language of life' ' in all types of the Earth's ecosy...
International scientists to gather for major air-water gas exchange summit
9 May 2022The Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces (GTWS) meeting occurs every five years and brings together approximately 150 scientists from countries all over the...
Urgent actions required to sustain future seafood consumption
27 April 2022Climate change challenging the Ocean's capacity to provide, according to a new paper co-authored by PML's Dr Carol Turley. ...
Pioneering use of AI exposes the extent of microplastics in Arctic zooplankton
8 April 2022A PML-led study and international collaboration with Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute which utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) to identify microp...
PML response to new government energy strategy
7 April 2022The UK Government's 'British energy security strategy' (published April 7 2022) sets out how Great Britain will “accelerate homegrown power for ...
PML celebrates 20 years of marine science excellence as an independent charity
31 March 2022Friday 1 April 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) becoming an independent organisation with charitable status. ...
Losing the cover of darkness
26 March 2022Study shows advances in street lighting are reducing the efficacy of coastal species’ camouflage
Vodafone, Plymouth City Council and Plymouth Marine Laboratory announce use cases for world’s first 5G marine-focused testbed
24 March 2022The Smart Sound Connect Marine 5G Mobile Private Network, deployed by Vodafone and operated by Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), is to be the world...
PML scientists supporting international agreement on plastic pollution
4 March 2022Professor Nicola Beaumont and Dr James Clark among the contributing authors of a brief issued by the North Atlantic Microplastic Centre (NAMC) to supp...
PML highlighted for exemplar impact strategy
1 March 2022A review of more than 70 impact strategies from organisations across the world has identified Plymouth Marine Laboratory as a key example of good prac...
Major UN report stresses the need for urgent action on climate change
28 February 2022Plymouth Marine Laboratory science contributes to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
Sea ice concentration found to impact the exchange of gases related to climate
22 February 2022A new study has found that sea ice extent has a profound impact upon the concentration of reactive organic gases and their exchange between Arctic wat...
Leading UK marine scientists welcome the move towards a global plastics pact ahead of UN meeting
22 February 2022The resumed session of the fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) - the world's highest-level decision-making body on the environment - is ...
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
21 February 2022International Day of Women and Girls in Science (11th February 2022) offers a chance for the scientific community to reflect on gender diversity in ST...
Funding award will facilitate 'game-changing' advances in climate science at PML
12 January 2022Support from the Wolfson Foundation will enable monitoring and improved understanding of air-sea gas exchange in unprecedented detail using autonomous...
COP27 Virtual Ocean Pavilion
30 August 2022
UNFCCC COP27 (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change)
6 November 2022