SAMS Impact Report 2024
SAMS Impact Report 2024

Read the highlights from an eventful 2024.
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation
SAMS response to the marine planning zone consultation

Read our response to the Scottish Government’s consultation on extending marine planning zones to 12 nm from the coastal baseline.

Funded Phd opportunity
Funded Phd opportunity

Exploring benthic biogeochemical cycling in the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean. Click for further details.

Latest news

Schoolchildren with Hope the humpback whale at the Whale of a Time event

Tue, Apr 1, '25

School pupils step inside giant humpback whale

Outreach event focuses on marine mammals and climate change

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The vast seafloor of the Clarion Clipperton Zone is at the centre of the deep-sea mining debate. Photo courtesy of the National Oceanography Centre and the Trustees of the Natural History Museum

Wed, Mar 26, '25

Study reveals long-term impacts of deep-sea mining

Publication is crucial evidence in deep-sea mining debate

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Dr Matthew Davey led the expedition to Robert Island, Antarctica

Mon, Mar 24, '25

Antarctic algae discovery is like finding ‘a forest in a desert’

Red and purple algae contribute to surface melting on Antarctic ice cap

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Academics from across the UHI partnership will join representatives of finfish, shellfish and seaweed aquaculture companies in the discussions

Wed, Mar 12, '25

Industry and academia meet to chart future of aquaculture

UHI North, West and Hebrides hosts ‘Hebridean Aquaculture in 2050'

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Latest papers

Does wind‐driven mixing sustain post‐bloom new production in the Barents Sea?
Authors:

Braun JS, Rodgers JP, Brand T, Davidson K, Henley SF, Inall M, Porter M, Venables EJ, Cottier F

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130 (4)
03, 31, 2025
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Ocean extremes as a stress test for marine ecosystems and society
Authors:

Smith KE, Sen Gupta A, Burrows MT et al 

Nature Climate Change 1-5 (Comment)
02, 28, 2025
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Importance, structure, cultivability, and resilience of the bacterial microbiota during infection of laboratory-grown Haematococcus spp. by the blastocladialean pathogen Paraphysoderma sedebokerense: evidence for a domesticated microbiota and its potential for biocontrol
Authors:

Miebach J, Green D, Strittmatter M, Mallinger C, Le Garrec L, Zhang QY, Foucault P, Kunz C & Gachon CMM

FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 101 (2)
01, 21, 2025
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The Storage and Production of Bioenergy Using Macroalgae Biomass—Part I: Ensiling
Authors:

Ditchfield AK, Kerrison PD, Mair A, Hurst G, Green DH, Stanley MS, Fedenko J, Hughes AD

Sustainability 16 (24)
12, 18, 2024
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