We are excited to announce that a proud Member of the Marine Biological Association (MBA) community has emerged victorious in this year’s Christmas card competition. Throughout 2024, MBA Members have submitted their best Ocean-inspired photography, capturing scenes of marine wildlife, seascapes, and more for our 2024 “Ocean is Life” Photography Competition. Images poured into our … Read more
Professor Carlos Duarte is one of the world’s top climate scientists. In the October edition of The Marine Biologist magazine, we are proud to present an exclusive interview with Professor Duarte. As the man who coined the term ‘blue carbon’, we couldn’t hope for a better guide to the theme of this special edition. How … Read more
MBA Member John Spencer was a Research Officer for Central Electricity Research Laboratories (CEGB) and was out stationed to Peake’s Farm Laboratory, Bradwell Nuclear Power Station in Essex. John’s first visit to the Marine Biological Association (MBA) was around 1963 to attend a training course for National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) chemists about to take … Read more
Award-nominated magazine, The Marine Biologist has reached a ten-year milestone. For a decade, the quarterly magazine produced by the Marine Biological Association has covered the latest news in marine biology research, policy, and education. The magazine, exclusive to MBA members, has published 376 original feature articles in 28 editions, has been viewed over 71,000 times … Read more
The latest edition of our exclusive magazine, The Marine Biologist, is freely available until the end of January. The edition is supplemented by our latest podcast, in which Dan Laffoley and Daniela Sturm discuss the importance of Marine Protected Areas.
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