The Marine Processes and Observations group combines world-leading biogeochemical expertise with cutting-edge Earth observation technology to monitor and understand the marine environment on a global scale. Using a multi-platform approach—from satellites and drones to autonomous systems and shipboard surveys—we explore key ocean interfaces and deliver actionable insights that support sustainable development, environmental policy, and climate resilience.
What we do
- Biogeochemical cycling of organic and inorganic carbon and nutrients in diverse marine and coastal environments
- Understanding fluxes between interconnected Earth systems and the drivers that influence them
- Monitoring and modelling ecosystem function to inform forecasts, management, and adaptation
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SUPaCOOL – Sentinel User Preparation and organic Carbon from earth Observation between Ocean and LandPreparing users for next-generation CHIME and LSTM satellite missions to monitor organic carbon flux in coastal waters and river plumes-closing…
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CHALKY: Coccolithophore controls on ocean alkalinityThe CHALKY project aims to determine how coccolithophore calcium carbonate production, recycling and export from the surface ocean affects air-sea…
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LandSeaLot: Land-Sea interface: Let’s observe together!Monitoring the complex land-sea interface is critical for managing pollution, carbon fluxes, biodiversity, and other challenges driven by human and…
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EuroGO-SHIP: Enhancing Ocean ObservationsThe EuroGO-SHIP project aims to enhance the quality, integration and sustainability of ship-based hydrographic data collection across Europe.
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FOCUS: Future States of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for SolutionsThe Future states Of the global Coastal ocean: Understanding for Solutions (FOCUS) project is working to understand how climate change…
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HyperBOOST – Hyperspectral Bio-Optical Observations Sailing on TaraMarine ecosystem health in coastal areas can be challenging to monitor using Earth Observation due to their optical complexity. HyperBOOST…
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ProBleu: Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communitiesProBleu aims to mobilise and engage students, school communities, and the wider community across the EU and associated countries to…
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Environmental Monitoring at Calstock flood defence improvement schemeMeasuring the effects of new Calstock intertidal wetland on water biogeochemistry
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Biodiversity in the Open Ocean: Mapping, Monitoring and Modelling (BOOMS)Increasing pressure due to anthropogenic drivers is leading to a reduction of global biodiversity and its associated benefits at the…
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Biodiversity of the Coastal Ocean: Monitoring with Earth Observation (BiCOME)BiCOME will develop a better understanding of how the community structure and function of coastal ecosystems will respond to the…
People who work in this area
Professor James Fishwick
Head of Smart Sound Plymouth and Head of Operations and Technology, Western Channel Observatory
