Successful seaweed farming at SAMS
Successful seaweed farming at SAMS

Our new film takes you on a journey from our experimental seaweed farm to our nursery and research labs all supporting the seaweed industry
New SAMS strategy 2020-2025
New SAMS strategy 2020-2025

... for healthy and sustainable oceans: Help us turn today's ocean imbalance into a future #OceanInBalance

Messages for our 2020 graduates
Messages for our 2020 graduates

We have worked with the University of the Highlands and Islands to celebrate the achievements and successes of our 2020 graduates

Latest news

Large bubblegum corals on a cold water coral reef 1200m below the sea surface. Photo courtesy of the NERC funded Deep Links Project (University of Plymouth, Oxford University, JNCC, BGS)

Wed, Nov 25, '20

International call to explore mysteries of the deep

Scottish scientists join call for decade-long deep sea study

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An Antarctic blue whale surfaces off South Georgia. Photo: Amy Kennedy

Thu, Nov 19, '20

Blue whale community back from near extinction

A community has returned to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia

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SAMS UHI Director Prof Nicholas Owens welcomed the report, adding that his staff were also key to the local voluntary sector

Mon, Oct 26, '20

University contributes £560m to regional economies

Study finds SAMS UHI supports 310 jobs

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SAMS scientists on board the RRS Discovery prepare a CTD for deployment

Wed, Oct 21, '20

BLOG: Uncovering the secrets of our ocean

The ocean can't store our excess carbon forever

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Latest papers

Arctic seals as tracers of environmental and ecological change
Authors:

de la Vega C, Mahaffey C, Tuerena RE, Yurkowski DJ, Ferguson SH, Stenson GB, Nordøy ES, Haug T, Biuw M, Smout S, Hopkins J, Tagliabue A and Jeffreys RM

Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2020
11, 12, 2020
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Community-level impact of trawl selectivity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea assessed using an ecosystem modelling approach
Authors:

Saygu I, Heymans JJ, Fox CJ, Zbilgin H Ö, Benley J, Eryasar AR, Gokce G 

ICES Journal of Marine Science
11, 17, 2020
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Implications fo increasing Atlantic influence for Arctic microbial community structure
Authors:

Carter-Gates M, Balestreri C, Thorpe SE, Cottier F, Baylay A, Bibby TS, Moore CM, Schroeder DC

Sci Rep 10
11, 6, 2020
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Towards a circular economy: A novel microalgal two-step growth approach to treat excess nutrients from digestate and to produce biomass for animal feed
Authors:

Fuentes-Grünewald C, Gayo-Peláez JI, Ndovela V, Wood E, Kapoore RV, Llewellyn CA

Bioresource Technology 124349
11, 2, 2020
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