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Award for detecting marine plastic from space

We are delighted to share the news that PML’s Dr Lauren Biermann has won the Science category of the Ocean Awards 2021 for her development of a pioneering satellite technique to detect aggregated plastics floating on the sea surface.

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27 April 2021

Launch of briefing paper on nature-based solutions for climate change, people and biodiversity

Today sees the launch of a comprehensive briefing paper on “Nature-based solutions for climate change, people and biodiversity’ by a collaboration...

23 April 2021

Second UN World Ocean Assessment calls for urgent changes in how we interact with the ocean

The failure to deal with the pressures placed on the ocean by human activities continues to present the greatest threat to the ocean, according to the...

Sediment-dwelling animals under microscope

26 March 2021

Microplastics buried by marine animals

The presence of microplastics in the ocean is a growing concern, but there’s still a lot we don’t know about how marine organisms interact with th...

24 March 2021

Countdown to launch of Plymouth’s autonomous fleet

Scientists, industry leaders and local government are counting down to the launch of a first-of-its-kind multi-million-pound fleet of innovative and i...

11 March 2021

Open-source technology offers expansion of satellite validation capability

Solar-tracking radiometry for all: PML publishes open-source hardware and software for the solar-tracking radiometry platform (So-Rad).

10 March 2021

Floating the idea: PML supporting the development of an innovative renewable energy platform to serve off-grid coastal communities

The large-scale seawater tanks and data analysis expertise at Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s Smart Sound workshop are being used to conduct stability ...

08 March 2021

International Women's Day at PML

The 8th March 2021 marks International Women’s Day; to celebrate, we spoke to some of the PML team about their challenges, successes and hopes for t...

08 March 2021

Paul James joins PML Board of Trustees

We are delighted to welcome Mr Paul James as the latest member of our Board of Trustees.

05 March 2021

Western English Channel springs into life

One of the wonderful aspects of PML is its truly interdisciplinary nature and keeping a look out for the start of the Spring bloom is a great example ...

Water hyacinth and waste plastic mixture on a river

05 March 2021

What do water hyacinths and plastic waste have in common?

They are both clogging up rivers across the globe but a new project, involving PML scientists, aims to combine these two issues for greater benefit.

24 February 2021

The UNFCCC Ocean and Climate Dialogue in the lead up to COP26

PML has submitted recommendations for future climate action to a Dialogue on Ocean and Climate Change, in the run up to November’s UN Climate Change...

18 February 2021

Novel bacterial gene makes new step in the nitrogen cycle

A newly discovered component of the nitrogen cycle could shed light on marine greenhouse gas emissions and their role in climate change, according to ...

02 February 2021

PML welcomes the publication of the Dasgupta Review, which calls for a global re-think on the economic value of nature

With marine science input from PML, the landmark global review “Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review” was published today, urging...

01 February 2021

PML Trustee Dr Bev Mackenzie supporting best practice in the shipping industry in new role at BIMCO

Having opened a new local office in London, BIMCO – the world’s largest direct-membership organisation for shipowners, charterers, shipbrokers and...

01 February 2021

Statement highlights importance and impact of the ocean in a changing climate

The UK Marine Science Co-ordination Committee (MSCC), of which PML is a member organisation, has released a Statement on The Ocean in a Changing Clima...

21 January 2021

Science with impact at PML

In the latest assessment of the UK’s research centres, released today, Plymouth Marine Laboratory has been shown to excel in the quality and real-wo...

20 January 2021

Special issue curated by PML researchers

PML researchers were part of the curation team for a recently-completed special issue of Remote Sensing devoted to calibration and validation of satel...

14 January 2021

PML researcher joins NERC Science Committee

PML’s Professor Nicola Beaumont has become one of four new members of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Science Committee.

07 January 2021

Research sheds light on diatom bloom formation

Scientists have described how diatoms (a type of eukaryotic algae) can sense phosphorus, demonstrating a new role for calcium ion signalling in eukary...

14 December 2020

PML involved in a new global-scale phenology study

A study published today in Nature Ecology and Evolution sheds new light on the evidence for how climatic warming affects the seasonal timing within te...

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