News
Marine biological news and information related to our research, marine policy or public outreach work.
International public awareness campaign highlighting plastics in the worlds' oceans features continuous plankton recorder
A public awareness campaign targeting the issue of plastics in the world’s...
Posted on Jul 5, 2018
Plymouth student wins national commendation for best undergraduate thesis
Davis Laundon has been awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Zoological...
Posted on Jul 5, 2018
UK and Germany join forces to investigate the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean
MBA Senior Research Fellow Dr Michael Cunliffe is playing a lead role in an...
Posted on Jul 4, 2018
The blue jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii)
Welcome to the wonderful world of jellyfish
Jellyfish (Cnidaria and Ctenophora) What is a...
Posted on Jul 3, 2018
New UK strategy to protect world’s ocean
Last week (22 nd June), the Foreign Secretary announced a new UK strategy that...
Posted on Jun 28, 2018
Environmental Governance after Brexit: contribute to official MBA consultation response
DEFRA is consulting on plans for a new environmental body to hold the...
Posted on Jun 25, 2018
MBA 'ocean indicator' supports microplastic investigation into the Pacific Garbage Patch
The MBA is delighted to have supplied an ‘ocean indicator’ for SkyOceanRescue...
Posted on Jun 18, 2018
Third Tranche of MCZs: contribute to official MBA consultation response
Defra is now consulting on the third and final tranche of MCZs, which involves...
Posted on Jun 18, 2018
Other updates
April 2017 YMB Blog
Welcome to the April 2017 YMB Blog! Hello YMB Members! You might be wondering...
Posted on Apr 13, 2017
CrabWatch for all!
On the 4th and 5th of April 2017, the MBA education team was at the National...
Posted on Apr 11, 2017
The first Sea-Shore Safari of the year at Mount Edgcumbe!
On the 30 th of March 2017, the education team and volunteers spent the day...
Posted on Mar 31, 2017
Exciting ocean outreach activities revealed in the Sea Change project’s third project newsletter
The third issue of the Sea Change project newsletter presents the exciting...
Posted on Mar 28, 2017
Another successful ‘Marine Biologist for a Day’ event for British Science Week 2017
Another very successful ‘Marine Biologist for a Day’ event for British Science...
Posted on Mar 24, 2017
Marine Biologist for a day is fully booked for this year.
Marine Biologist for a day is fully booked for this year. Thank you to...
Posted on Mar 14, 2017
Harmful Algal Blooms - i Book launched
A marine science iBook entitled “Harmful Algal Blooms” has been launched as...
Posted on Mar 14, 2017
One Planet, One Ocean
Sea Change contributes to The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of...
Posted on Feb 14, 2017