World Water Day: Ocean Acidification and Our Research
Research from the MBA highlights the importance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, Life Below Water.
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High Seas Treaty: Should we be celebrating?
Nations around the world have agreed to a High Seas Treaty to protect marine biodiversity and provide oversight of international waters. The agreement on ‘Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction’ (BBNJ) provides a legal framework on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of our ocean beyond national jurisdiction. MBA Trustee Angelique … Read more
The PlyMSEF23 Conference
Aimed at early careers scientists, the PlyMSEF23 Conference welcomed marine researchers from across Plymouth to share their work.
Supporting Mental Health in the Workplace
The Marine Biological Association is taking steps to improve mental health support.
Bryozoans Mapped in the Darwin Tree of Life
2023 started with a string of genome note publications by the MBA Darwin Tree of Life team.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
To celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we are highlighting some of our inspiring female marine biologists here at the Marine Biological Association. Dr Katherine Helliwell Dr Katherine Helliwell is a NERC Independent Research Fellow, as a joint appointment with University of Exeter, in molecular microbiology and is Research Lead on the … Read more
Continued plankton research crucial to predict the future of ocean life in a changing climate
Gaps in plankton monitoring need to be urgently addressed to assess the impact of climate change on marine life, according to researchers. Scientists from the Marine Biological Association (MBA) and over 20 universities and research institutions across the world say more work needs to be done to untangle the climate-driven environmental impacts on plankton. Plankton are a diverse collection … Read more
Finding Maude Delap: University College Cork Researchers Visit National Marine Biological Library
Researchers from University College Cork visit NMBL archives to bring Maud Delap wider recognition.
Darwin Tree of Life team publishes Great Top Shell genome note
The Darwin Tree of Life team at the Marine Biological Association have had the genome note for the turban top shell, Gibbula magus, published in conjunction with the Wellcome Sanger Institute.
Pioneering techniques helps reveal how link between seaweed habitats and the seafloor may affect the global carbon cycling
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
