Posted May 22 2013
28 May 2013 to 3 August 2013 10am to 5.30pm Tuesday to Friday and 10am to 5pm Saturday (closed Sunday and Monday) Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AJ If you love science, have a passion for Plymouth’s past, or simply enjoy learning something new, then please visit the Museum this
Posted May 17 2013
Hosted by the MBA and SAHFOS Cutting across disciplines to predict ecosystem change in space and time Mary S. Wisz, Ph.D. Senior Scientist – Spatial Ecology Group, Arctic Research Centre, Dept. of Biosciences, Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, P.O. Box 358, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Talk begins: 11:30 am, Monday 20th May 2013 Tea and biscuits beforehand in
Posted May 14 2013
Three talks were held last Thursday, 9th May in the MBA’s Resource Centre as part of “The Laboratory on the Hoe” project and Plymouth History Festival. An audience of over forty learnt about the history of the Citadel Hill Laboratory and some of the research currently being conducted by the MBA and SAHFOS. A big
Posted May 13 2013
I am working with Prof. Richard Thompson at Plymouth University on a 3 year European wide research project “MARLISCO” (Marine Litter in Europe Seas: Social Awareness and Co-Responsibility) – http://www.marlisco.eu/ The aim of this project is to raise societal awareness of the problem of marine litter, the sources, impacts, and solutions, in order to
Posted April 24 2013
Saturday 27th April 2013 – 12.00- 4.30pm The Marine Biological Association would like to invite fellow MBA members to join us to survey intertidal crabs at Wembury Point, Devon. We will meet in the National Trust car park at Wembury Point (Not the Wembury Marine Centre Car park) at 11.00, directions here: http://goo.gl/maps/wGWuI . Some members
Posted April 24 2013
The position will be responsible for creating a GIS and Data Management Centre for the United Kingdom South Atlantic Overseas Territories (UK SA OTs) of Ascension Island, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Falkland Islands and South Georgia. The post will be based in the South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute’s (SAERI) head office in Stanley, Falkland
Posted April 22 2013
An International study led by SAHFOS shows the link between a warming and cooling cycle called the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), and European Fisheries. Martin Edwards of SAHFOS, who led the study, said “The AMO alternately masks and exaggerates the long-term rise in temperatures due to global warming, and helps to explain how the North Atlantic
Posted April 18 2013
The Beach Rangers have been on the shore around Plymouth over the Easter holidays, reaching 350 people over 6 events, as part of the MBA’s Blue Sound Project. Their mission is to help local people enjoy our amazing marine life, and following on from a great season of seashore fun last summer they have been
Posted April 18 2013
Fairlynch Museum and Arts Centre present: Sea, Salt and Sponges
Posted April 16 2013
125 Years of Marine Science at the Laboratory on the Hoe Thursday 9 May, 6pm to 8pm The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 2PB The Marine Biological Association (MBA) and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS) occupy the Laboratory on Citadel Hill. Listen as researchers from both institutions present the