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Blooming algae off the South West coast
21 August 2020The last couple of weeks have seen a burst of biological activity off the south coast of the UK. From dolphin sightings to tuna shoals off Plymouth, o...

MOSAiC reaches the North Pole of Perseverance
20 August 2020On the 19th August MOSAiC, the largest Arctic research expedition in history, reached the North Pole. Even without COVID restrictions on travel, organ...

Huge coccolithophore bloom spotted from space
11 August 2020During June, many organisations were keeping an eye on a huge bloom of coccolithophore phytoplankton in the Channel, including NEODAAS, based at PML. ...

Coastal cities expose seafloor to dangerous light pollution
30 July 2020The global expansion of coastal cities could leave more than three quarters of their neighbouring seafloor exposed to potentially harmful levels of li...

PML's latest Annual Review
29 July 2020PML's latest Annual Review is now available to download. Find out about some of the research our scientists have been undertaking, as well as exciting...

South West Marine Ecosystems 2019 Annual Report now published
22 July 2020The South West Marine Ecosystems 2019 Annual Report has just been published and can be accessed on the SWME website. ...

Marine environment vital for UK economy
20 July 2020A new approach to understanding the UK's marine economy changes our understanding of its importance, suggesting that its contributions are double thos...

Defra report features Westcountry research on health benefits of being by the sea
18 July 2020Researchers at two leading Westcountry institutions have teamed up with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in a study that sho...

Weather, time and phytoplankton blooms
16 July 2020Computer models used to study important phytoplankton blooms can be affected by how often weather variables are input, a new study suggests.

PML announces new Head of Science for Sea & Society
15 July 2020PML is excited to announce the new Head of Science for Sea & Society, Professor Nicola Beaumont. ...

Dr Tony Stebbing, BSc (Hons), PhD - In Memoriam
6 July 2020Dr Anthony (Tony) Stebbing sadly passed away on the 2nd May from Covid-19 following a prolonged illness. Tony was aged 78 years and is survived by his...

Virtual Ocean Dialogues
1 July 2020The first ever completely virtual global conference for ocean action, the Virtual Ocean Dialogues, took part (1-5 June) with Plymouth Marine Laborator...

Satellites powering global science
18 June 2020A new study co-ordinated by PML highlights the accuracy of satellite observations of elevation over a range of water and ice surfaces, supporting cruc...

‘Demystifying interdisciplinary working’ report published
10 June 2020Today a report from the Valuing Nature Programme, led by Prof. Nicola Beaumont, has been published to explore the opportunities and challenges of inte...

Plymouth Marine Laboratory launches strategy for supporting ocean futures
8 June 2020World Oceans Day provides an auspicious backdrop for the launch of Plymouth Marine Laboratory’s new Strategy 2020-2025.

Climate change has degraded productivity of shelf sea food webs
8 June 2020A shortage of summer nutrients as a result of our changing climate has contributed to a 50% decline in important North East Atlantic plankton over the...

International fishery and aquaculture research project published synthesis report
2 June 2020The international fishery and aquaculture research project CERES (Climate change and European aquatic resources) recently published its final, synthes...

Twenty years of data contribute to global phytoplankton study
25 May 2020For the first time, research led by PML brings together satellite ocean colour observations from across two decades with high-coverage in situ observa...

Are we underestimating microplastics in the marine environment?
19 May 2020A new study, led by Plymouth Marine Laboratory, suggests an underestimation of microplastics in the ocean.
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