From Dunes to Data: How Citizen Science Is Transforming Coastal Biodiversity Monitoring 

Local Plymouth schoolchildren star in new ocean literacy videos

Pupils from St Andrew’s CofE Academy in Plymouth have played a starring role in a new video series to bring ocean knowledge into classrooms across E...

PML Scientists Share Evidence on Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal in Westminster

Discovering hidden ocean life in one of the UK’s most remote Overseas Territories 

Professor Kerry Howell is currently in Ascension Island – an isolated volcanic island in the South Atlantic, and one of the UK’s most remote Overs...

Ocean whirlpools reveal shifting patterns in plankton life across the North Atlantic

New research uncovers how huge circular rotating currents – known as ocean mesoscale eddies – are reshaping plankton communities as the climate ch...

Ocean action is climate action: PML science contributes to latest ocean and climate action report

The 2024-2025 Roadmap to Oceans and Climate Action (ROCA) report, released at COP30, highlights the critical role the ocean plays in combatting climat...

Bringing Ocean Science to COP30: In Conversation with Professor Matt Frost

The UN Climate Conference is taking place in Brazil from 10th – 21st November

No crew, no problem: PML’s autonomous vessel samples the Plymouth Sound for biodiversity data

PML and partners complete a successful sampling campaign in the Plymouth Sound with uncrewed surface vessel (USV) AutoNaut ‘Pioneer’. 

PML-led MSPACE project features in the COP30 UK Pavilion Showreel

The showreel is playing throughout COP30 in the UK Pavilion and highlights some of the best UK-developed products and services tackling climate chan...

New Survey: Help shape the future of 'Climate Smart' marine planning

The University of Essex are inviting input from UK marine policy makers, planners, industry representatives and the conservation community as part of...

£5.6M project to guide UK's offshore energy future launches in Plymouth

Scientists, political advisors and industry leaders from across the globe came together this week to mark the official launch of a multi-million pound...

Global food security and species survival at risk from accelerating ice loss, says major new report

The ‘2025 State of the Cryosphere Report’ has been published with expert input from PML, among others

COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion endorsed by UN Ocean Decade

It has been announced that the COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion – a free online platform connecting global audiences with the United Nations ocean and c...

NECCTON: A Franco-British partnership anchoring Europe’s ocean leadership

Horizon Europe project NECCTON, for which PML is project managing, was presented at yesterday’s high-level RISE FR-UK (Research and Innovation Excel...

PML’s Bryony Squires named recipient of prestigious IMarEST Apprentice Award

PML’s Plankton Apprentice Bryony Squires has been announced as this year’s recipient of the Lady Hamlyn Award for Apprentices by the Instit...

PML scientists contribute to international nitrogen impact guidance

The International Nitrogen Management System (INMS) Guidance Document on Nitrogen Impact Assessment Methods provides a comprehensive framework and pra...

Professor Smyth’s vision for the future of the laboratory

As he settles into the role of Director of Science, Professor Tim Smyth shares how he plans to build on PML’s strong foundation of collaboration and...

Plymouth Marine Laboratory works with IBM to launch new AI model to monitor ocean health

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) is pleased to announce the release of an innovative AI ‘foundation model’ for observing Earth’s oceans, in coll...

Insights into marine light pollution: PML scientists in Ireland for international ALAN summit

The event is the largest international scientific conference on the impacts of artificial light at night (ALAN).

PML to co-lead £2m project using AI to create the largest-ever study of vulnerable deep-sea habitats

The award from Bezos Earth Fund supports innovative uses of artificial intelligence to protect biodiversity and advance climate solutions worldwide...

Lessons from the Tamar: how PML-led science in Devon is informing international guidance on water management

UN Source-to-Sea Guidance Note a ‘call to action’ on how we manage our most critical natural systems.

PML Welcomes UK-First Policy Expanding Water Space for Unmanned Marine Systems

The wave-propelled PML Pioneer is the first autonomous vessel designated under the policy from King’s Harbour Master

PML welcomes the RRS Sir David Attenborough to Plymouth  

The scientific research ship is visiting Plymouth on her way to the Antarctic summer season 

Microplastics: tiny tyre particles found to stick to and be eaten by estuarine animals

New PML research has revealed that particles shed from car tyres – a major but often overlooked source of microplastic pollution – are both eaten ...