Using community knowledge and citizen science to help tackle climate-sensitive, water-associated infectious disease

PML scientist joins RRS Sir David Attenborough for polar science trials in Antarctica

The trials are a critical milestone in the commissioning of the ship

Uniting on ocean acidification: a radical new approach to monitoring OA impacts at global scale

A new framework supports the vision for a step change in the global monitoring of OA impacts on marine life

Undermeasured compound could help resilience against climate change in key coastal waters

New study helps improve understanding of the interplay between species domination, competitive advantage and changing environmental factors relevant t...

Emissions of unexpected gases from marine life affect the air and climate over the poles

A new study reveals that trace atmospheric gases thought to be pollutants are also produced by marine plankton and emitted by the ocean, with potentia...

Professor Steve Widdicombe attends 'Ocean acidification: a crisis in the making'

NECCTON project launch: marine biodiversity conservation &food resource management

NECCTON project launch: marine biodiversity conservation & food resource management

PML scientists visit Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre to discuss blue carbon and offshore energy

Staff Spotlight: Dr Lee de Mora - Marine Ecosystem Modeller

Dr Lee de Mora sits within our Marine Systems Modelling group, which develops and applies state-of-the-art computational models to promote sustainable...

Green light for project to enhance understanding of climate change &human impacts on coastal ocean

The “FOCUS’ project is one of six given the go-ahead as part of a £39m funding announcement from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

New study investigates seaweed detritus as a Blue Carbon 'blind spot'

Pioneering techniques helps reveal how link between seaweed habitats and the seafloor may affect the global carbon cycling.

New approach to satellite data analysis reveals unexpected patterns in biological production

The pioneering statistical method compensates more accurately for gaps in chlorophyll and sea surface temperature data.

Apply now: ‘Satellite-based tools for investigating aquatic ecosystems’ training course

Ocean acidification around the UK and Ireland

Scientists stress the need to drastically reduce CO emissions by 2030 to avoid crossing irreversible thresholds for frozen Earth

“Only by halving emissions by 2030, in line with the Paris Agreement’s science-based 1.5°C limit, can we minimise the risks of crossing irreversi...

MEDIA: Dr Tim Smyth features in The Conversation on impacts of light pollution to marine ecosystems

Plymouth Marine Laboratory develop ‘culture survey’ to assess equality in the workplace

Season’s Greetings from us all at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and PML Applications Ltd.

PML welcomes the adoption of the Global Biodiversity Framework following COP15

After lengthy deliberation nearly 200 countries signed the pact aimed at halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

World first satellite mission to measure surface waters successfully launched

PML scientists are over the moon with the opportunities the ‘Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT)’ mission will open up for increasing our un...

How does carbon dioxide affect marine life? And how can biodiversity mitigate climate change?

Call for expert witnesses in empirical plankton science

Learning to better understand the language of algae

International research duo highlight the ecological significance of chemical communication by algae.