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National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) Annual Report 2020 now available
7 October 2020The National Biofilms Innovation Centre (NBIC) are delighted to share that their Annual Report 2020 is now available to view and download via their we...

What happens to tyre particles in the sea?
2 October 2020Tyre particles are believed to transfer in large quantities from vehicles into our rivers and oceans. However, their precise fate ' and the impact the...

Plymouth scientists play key role in understanding future threats to the Atlantic
30 September 2020Plymouth's world-leading ocean scientists will play a key role in an international project that aims to map and assess the current and future risks po...

New project links climate change, marine biodiversity and ecosystem services
25 September 2020FutureMARES is an EU-funded research project examining the relations between climate change, marine biodiversity and ecosystem services. It hosted its...

Arctic phytoplankton face competition in warming seas
23 September 2020As Arctic seas warm, important phytoplankton communities could find themselves competing for nutrients with encroaching Atlantic species, suggests new...

GOOD NEWS: Habitat refuges of Antarctic krill provide shelter from climate change
22 September 2020New research published in Limnology and Oceanography shows that Antarctic krill, a key link in the Southern Ocean food web, has refuges from the rapid...

Making climate science into music
17 September 2020An innovative technique creates music from climate data, to illustrate some significant effects of climate change in the ocean and to introduce how co...

Zooplankton and the smell of microplastics
17 September 2020The shape and smell of microplastics may influence whether they are eaten by tiny but vital marine zooplankton, a new study suggests.

Monitoring ocean acidification from the sky
9 September 2020PML's research into ocean acidification and its effects spans across scientific disciplines. One study from last year demonstrated how satellite techn...

Global effort to investigate climate change using satellites
7 September 2020PML researchers have contributed to a paper describing a new satellite-derived wave height dataset and produced research highlighting an innovative pr...

Working together to help save Malaysian mangroves
3 September 2020New research and information has been published highlighting the importance of the dynamic and productive mangrove habitats but also how working toget...

New capability for developing environmental intelligence applications from satellite data
2 September 2020The NERC Earth Observation Data and Acquisition and Analysis Service (NEODAAS) is pleased to announce the successful install of its state-of-the-art M...

Crucial environmental benefits of Solent coast
26 August 2020The Solent's coastal habitats provide the equivalent of over £1.1 billion in environmental benefits every year, according to a new study by rese...

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.
Events
PML at the UN Climate Change Meeting COP28
30 November 2023
COP28 Virtual Ocean Pavilion
22 November 2023
36th Annual PlyMSEF Medal Lecture
16 November 2023
Free Marine and Maritime Launchpad briefing and networking event
3 November 2023
British Port Association Annual Conference 2023
17 October 2023
Blue Earth Summit
11 October 2023
GEO BON Global Conference: Monitoring Biodiversity for Action
10 October 2023
Oceans of Knowledge 2023
18 October 2023
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Open Science Conference
23 October 2023