Scientists at the Marine Biological Association (MBA) and the University of Exeter have discovered how tiny photosynthetic microbes known as phytoplankton prioritise resource use when nutrients are scarce, in a breakthrough that could reshape our understanding of the impacts of nutrient limitation on these important organisms, which form the base of marine food webs.
The Marine Biological Association (MBA) has launched two public surveys to gather vital information on the unusual surge in common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) numbers reported in the waters off the south coast of Devon and Cornwall this year. Numbers of octopus have been rising off the coast of Devon and Cornwall. c. Keith Hiscock MBE … Read more
Chloe Figueroa Ashforth from DASSH at the Marine Biological Association has been appointed as the new Co-chair of the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) Communications Working Group. Chloe will work alongside fellow Co-chair Charlotte Miskin-Hymas from the MEDIN Core Team, and will represent the MEDIN Communications Working Group on the MEDIN Executive Team. … Read more
Professor Willie Wilson and POGO partners deliver a unified call for ocean observing systems following UNOC3. The Marine Biological Association’s Chief Executive, Professor Willie Wilson, played a key advisory role for the recent UN Ocean Decade conference (UNOC3) offering vital guidance to policymakers and politicians engaged in the heart of the negotiations. Willie represented the … Read more
Marine heatwaves, oceanic incomers and non-native invaders; our changing seas are revealed in the latest ‘South-West Marine Ecosystems Report’.
Congratulations to the MBA’s Associate Fellow, Dr Keith Hiscock MBE, who has been has been admitted as an Honorary Doctor of Science and to the Company of Honorary Fellows of Bangor University. Keith was awarded the Honorary Degree in recognition of the ‘Outstanding Scholarship and Innovation’ demonstrated by his pioneering work in Marine Protected Areas, … Read more
As the iconic film Jaws marks its 50th anniversary this week, MBA Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Marine Ecology at the University of Southampton, Professor David Sims, has published a compelling article in The Conversation that examines the film’s lasting impact on sharks and how science is helping them recover. In his article titled Jaws helped … Read more
Populations of animals and plants – even those separated by thousands of miles – can fluctuate in synchrony, driven by shared environmental influences. This striking phenomenon, known as spatial synchrony, is the subject of a new synthesis study published in Ecology Letters, led by researchers at the University of Kansas and co-authored by Dr Lawrence … Read more
Hidden but vulnerable marine treasure discovered in collaboration between the Marine Biological Association, Silverback Films and Open Planet Studios. In an extraordinary moment of chance during the production of Ocean with David Attenborough, a vibrant and exceptionally well-preserved pink sea fan reef has been discovered off the southwest coast of England. The find, described as … Read more
A team of international scientists has tracked over 100 marine megafauna species, identifying the most critical locations in our global ocean for better marine conservation efforts, according to new research published in Science.
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