Education; Research

In advance of the National Fireworks competition, Plymouth’s sea is putting on a stunning natural sparkling display. Have you noticed Plymouth’s sea sparkling at night over the last few weeks? The water has been lit up by a glow of blue...

The MBA is delighted to have supplied an ‘ocean indicator’ for SkyOceanRescue and National Geographic to sample microplastics in the Pacific. Sky Ocean Rescue Scholar Imogen Napper will deploy the instrument when she sails as part of a...

Blueprint: The Future of Our Seas Opportunity for Public Engagement Training and Practice Human well-being is directly affected by the health of our seas, yet public awareness of many of the challenges facing the...

Aisling Smith, the RV MBA Sepia ’s former Manager left us in January to start a new adventure with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) as the Laboratory Manager for the Royal Survey Ship Sir David Attenborough . Although we were sad...

The Marine Biological Association is leading a sector-changing public engagement project. Selected by NERC, the MBA has been chosen, as part of a new ‘BLUEPRINT' consortium, to build capacity in public engagement with environmental research...

The secret life of lugworms – citizen scientists are needed to help shed light on the sex life of this sediment-dwelling worm. Love is in the air again this year along our coastlines and University of Portsmouth needs your help to keep an eye out...