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Understanding phytoplankton communities

Understanding the structure of marine ecosystems is important for sustainable policy and management of the ocean. New research from PML looks at the structure of phytoplankton communities across the Mediterranean Sea, providing crucial insights into how these ecosystems work.

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09 October 2019

COMFORT project looks to future of the ocean

A new EU Horizon 2020 project, involving PML researchers, is kicking off this week, aiming to detect and minimise climate change in the oceans by focu...

25 September 2019

IPCC report on future of ocean and cryosphere

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report highlights the urgency of prioritising timely, ambitious and coordinated ac...

20 September 2019

Biggest ever Arctic research expedition sets sail

UK research teams, including scientists from PML, are set to join the first ever year-round expedition into the central Arctic Ocean to undertake grou...

19 September 2019

Seabed carbon stores threatened by climate change and human activity

New research suggests that some marine organisms are unable to cope with increasing carbon dioxide and low oxygen events simultaneously, providing fre...

09 September 2019

Blue Carbon possibilities

Blue Carbon research focuses on the ways that oceans and vegetated coastal ecosystems, like mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrass beds, contribute to ...

14 August 2019

Green turtles snack on plastics that look like seagrass

Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research, supported by PML, suggests.

13 August 2019

New technique can show links between prey and microplastics

A brand new method has been developed by scientists at PML and the University of Exeter, in collaboration with Abertay University and Greenpeace Resea...

08 August 2019

Studying gas exchanges and zooplankton in the Arctic

A research team, including scientists from PML, recently set off on a scientific cruise to the Arctic Ocean this weekend in a bid to understand the be...

24 July 2019

Antarctic krill use 'hotspots' for spawning and nursery of their young

New research, published today in PLOS ONE and led by PML, has shown how Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key species in the Southern Ocean food ...

22 July 2019

PML and PML Applications earn Health and Safety seal of approval

Continuing PML and PML Applications’ pursuit of excellent standards of health and safety awareness and practice, the Group has just been awarded cer...

18 July 2019

UK Environmental Prediction collaboration delivering new research on high resolution interactions between our atmosphere, land and oceans

More than 50 researchers from across a wide range of organisations and disciplines gathered in late June for a UK Environmental Prediction (UKEP) work...

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15 July 2019

A New Chief Executive for PML Group

The Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Icarus Allen as the new Chief Executive of both Plymouth Marine Laboratory, ...

09 July 2019

Cooperation to tackle plastic pollution

PML researchers will be contributing to a new research project aiming to inspire international action to tackle marine plastic pollution.

05 July 2019

PML scientists investigating in the Arctic

Several PML scientists were on board the UK Natural Environment Research Council research ship RRS James Clark Ross, as it departed Tromsø in Nor...

02 July 2019

Tender Opportunity: New buoy platform to facilitate trials and validation of innovative technologies

PML have operated a highly successful scientific data buoy programme within the context of the Western Channel Observatory for over ten years and are ...

21 June 2019

Smart Sound Plymouth to support next generation of marine technologies

The Marine Business Technology Centre (MBTC) has officially launched Smart Sound Plymouth, a proving area for designing, testing and developing cuttin...

13 June 2019

Choosy copepods avoid microplastic-shaped algae

With concerns around the presence of microplastics in the environment growing, two new research papers from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and partn...

05 June 2019

Prey patches increase seabird competition

A new study involving remote sensing research from Plymouth Marine Laboratory suggests that in areas of the sea where prey are clumped into “patches...

29 May 2019

Collaboration to stop idling coaches

In November 2018, several PML scientists attended the AccessLab workshop in Plymouth. AccessLab is a new public engagement format that aims to improve...

23 May 2019

Seaweed helps to trap carbon dioxide from the atmosphere

New research led by scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory shows, for the first time, the important role that the connectivity between macroalgae ...

16 May 2019

Plan Plastic gives PML 'Mussel Power'

PML researchers have been awarded funding towards an innovative microplastics project through Plan Plastic: The Million Pound Challenge, a £1 million...

14 May 2019

Seaweeds can attract friends and keep away enemies

Two biologists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK) and the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) have shown for the first time th...