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

Images of skate, caught and released by anglers, are fed into the Skatespotter database. Photo: Ronnie Campbell

Sat, Apr 5, '25

Facial recognition software to help protect ocean giant

Evidence shows success of flapper skate MPA

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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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Latest papers

Patterns and implications of plastic accumulation in mangrove ecosystems and sandy beaches in Western and Central regions of Ghana, West Africa
Authors:

Gonçalves GRL, Grey C, Koomson A, Aggrey-Fynn J, Kofi Nyarko B, Narayanaswamy BE

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
04, 22, 2025
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On the wind-driven European shelf sea-level variability and the associated oceanic circulation
Authors:

Diabaté ST, Fraser NJ, White M, Berx B, Marié L, McCarthy GD

Continental Shelf Research
04, 15, 2025
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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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