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Pioneering techniques helps reveal how link between seaweed habitats and the seafloor may affect the global carbon cycling

Jan 27, 2023 by Neri Campbell

Scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and the Marine Biological Association (MBA) have used environmental DNA (eDNA) and ocean modelling to follow the dispersal of carbon rich seaweed material, to help improve understanding of natural climate change mitigation solutions provided by seaweed habitats and the patches of seafloor with which they are connected. Seaweed ’leaf … Read more

Plankton could hold key for understanding link between ocean pollution and human health

Nov 18, 2024Jan 9, 2023 by Neri Campbell

Plankton may offer a way to monitor historical marine pollution trends, and could be used to predict trends in human health, according to new research. Using samples from the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) Survey, an international team of scientists have suggested that rising levels of manmade chemicals found in the ocean could be used to … Read more

Obituary: Dr Eve Southward

Jan 18, 2023Jan 4, 2023 by maya plass

It is with deep sorrow that the Marine Biological Association announces the sad passing of Dr Eve Southward, Lankester Research Fellow at the MBA, who died peacefully on the morning of 2nd January 2023 after suffering a stroke. She was 92. Eve was an expert on marine worms, echinoderms and hydrothermal vent fauna as well … Read more

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Pioneering techniques helps reveal how link between seaweed habitats and the seafloor may affect the global carbon cycling

Plankton could hold key for understanding link between ocean pollution and human health

Obituary: Dr Eve Southward

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