Staff Spotlight: Dr Lee de Mora - Marine Ecosystem Modeller

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.

Megacities out-shine the moon in coastal environments according to the first quantification of artificial light at night

Coastal megacities could be illuminating the marine environment up to six times more than the moon but is often not considered when reviewing stressor...

PML scientists contribute to tackling the nitrogen pollution challenge

Last week three PML scientists attended the annual meeting of the UKRI GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub at the Maldives National University, to present ...

Plymouth Marine Laboratory wins ‘Innovation’ Award and finalist in ‘Best place to work’

What happened with Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the ocean and the cryosphere at COP27?

PML’s Dr Shubha Sathyendranath Receives Prestigious Award

The Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit recognises excellence in science

PML scientist highlights need for dedicated plastic litter satellite mission

Dr Victor Martinez-Vicente is part of PML’s Earth Observation team which has pioneered techniques for remote sensing of marine plastics

PhD Studentship Project Opportunities with Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Dr. Ana Queiros wins the 2022 AXA IM Research Award for blue carbon as a Nature-Based Solution

AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), in partnership with the AXA Research Fund, has announced Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s Dr Ana Queiros as winner of ...

PML scientists recognised for world-class microplastic research four years in a row

We are extremely proud to announce that PML’s Prof. Pennie Lindeque and Dr Matthew Cole have both been named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researche...