Projects

At any one time, PML is undertaking around 100 research projects with science and interests stretching from local to global, from lakes to oceanic environments. We collaborate in research projects across the world, and the length and breadth of the global ocean from the poles to the tropics. Our strategic research feeds into national and international strategies such as for the UK and other governments or regulators, and maps onto strategies of public sector bodies, space agencies, charitable foundations and philanthropists, NGOs and industry.

Here you can find a selection of our current projects:

Fishing boats. Image courtesy of Shutterstock
Developing a model based understanding of ecosystem service regulation

Project start: May 2017

Completed project
wave breaking
An Alternative Framework to Assess Marine Ecosystem Functioning in Shelf Seas (AlterEco)

Project start: May 2017

Completed project
Ocean wave high angle view of rippled water courtesy of Shutterstock
A multidisciplinary study of DMSP production and lysis - from enzymes to organisms to process modelling

Project start: May 2017

Completed project
Fish market at Tanzania, courtesy of Shutterstock
Addressing Challenges of Coastal Communities through Ocean Research for Developing Economies (ACCORD)

Project start: April 2017

Completed project
Earth and code, courtesy of dreamstime
UK Earth System Modelling (UKESM)

Project start: April 2017

Completed project
View of Europe courtesy of Shutterstock
North Atlantic climate system integrated study (ACSIS)

Project start: April 2017

Completed project
Saltmarsh image courtesy of Shutterstock
Land ocean carbon transfer (LOCATE)

Project start: April 2017

Completed project
Sentinel 3 lift off. Courtesy of the European Space Agency (ESA)
Sentinel-3 Mission Performance Centre (S3MPC)

Project start: February 2017

Completed project
Polar ocean. Image courtesy of Dreamstime
N-OSmolytes Across the Surface Southern Ocean: Environmental Drivers and Bioinformatics

Project start: February 2017

Completed project
Coral under water
Coral Communities: Building Socio-Ecological Resilience to Coral Reef Degradation in the Islands of the Western Indian Ocean.​

Project start: February 2017

Completed project
Mangrove. Photograph courtesy of Thecla Keizer
Using nexus thinking to empower community-based management of mangrove fisheries

Project start: January 2017

Completed project
SWEEP LOGO
South West Partnership for Environment & Economic Prosperity (SWEEP)

Project start: January 2017

Completed project
Deepwater horizon spill. Courtesy of Kris Krug, Wikimedia Commons
Earth and Sea Observation System (EASOS): Marine pollution

Project start: December 2016

Completed project
Underwater scene. Courtesy of dreamstime
Study on the Economic Benefits of Marine Protected Areas

Project start: September 2016

Completed project
Saltmarshes under the Severn Bridge
CoastWEB - Valuing the contribution which COASTal habitats make to human health and WEllBeing, with a focus on the alleviation of natural hazards

Project start: August 2016

Completed project
Sentinel 3a satellite. Image courtesy of European Space Agency, ESA
FRM4SOC: Fiducial Reference Measurements for Satellite Ocean Colour

Project start: July 2016

Completed project
Deployment of Arvor floats from the French R/V Pourquoi Pas
REmineralisation, OPTIcs and Marine partIcle siZE (REOPTIMIZE)

Project start: June 2016

Completed project
plastic pollution on a beach, courtesy of Shutterstock
Marine plastic pollution in the Arctic

Project start: May 2016

Completed project
Shadow of research ship in icy waters, courtesy of Ian Brown
Ocean Regulation of Climate through Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA)

Project start: April 2016

Completed project
Fish farm
Tools for Assessment and Planning of Aquaculture Sustainability (TAPAS)

Project start: March 2016

Completed project