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The teams from CCAP (Scotland) and CCAC (Germany) spent a week together at SAMS

Fri, Sep 11, '26

Algal collections make new connections

Visiting curator praises SAMS lab as one of the world's best

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SAMS BSc Marine Science graduates celebrate with SAMS Board Chair Stuart Monro and SAMS Director Nick Owens

Fri, Sep 4, '26

Record number of students graduate from SAMS

Keynote speaker tells graduates they have a 'superpower'

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SAMS Director Prof Nick Owens, left, and Associate Director for Science and External Engagement Prof Elizabeth Cottier-Cook welcome Brendan O'Hara MP to SAMS. On Mr O'Hara's arrival, there was an exchange of tartans - the MP was presented with a SAMS Ocean Explorer tie and Prof. Cottier-Cook received a Greenland tartan serape.

Wed, Aug 5, '26

MP discovers SAMS' Greenland credentials

Argyll and Bute MP and Greenland enthusiast Brendan O'Hara visits SAMS

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Climate change is driving major shifts in plankton communities and habitat conditions across UK waters

Fri, Jul 31, '26

Report outlines how changes in plankton will affect ocean productivity

Plankton report highlights climate change impact on the ocean food web

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Latest research outputs

Embracing uncertainty: Ensemble models of sea lice larval dispersal
Tim M. Szewczyk, Dmitry Aleynik, Helena C. Reinardy, Kim S. Last, Andrew C. Dale
Ecological Modelling
1/9/2026
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Fate of contaminants of emerging concern in the Oslofjord A model based analysis
Evgeniy Yakushev, Malcolm Reid, Anfisa Berezina, Shamil Yakubov, André Staalstrøm, Maria Austrheim, Jennifer Graham, Bavo De Witte, Ian Alan, Samantha Martins, Steven Brooks
Marine Pollution Bulletin
1/9/2026
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Hydrothermal Contributions to Elevated Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentrations and Cycling Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Robyn Tuerena, Claire Mahaffey, C. Vic, Alastair J. M. Lough, C. E. Davies, M. Lohan, Alessandro Tagliabue, R. Mather, J. Sharples
GEOPHYS RES LETT
22/8/2026
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Drivers and Patterns of Sediment Organic Carbon in European Regional Seas
Christian Lønborg, Anna Elizabeth Løvgren Graversen, Anna Maria Addamo, Jorge Assis, Michael Timothy Burrows, Eleanor Stewart, Helen Lillis, Mark John Costello, Dorte Krause‐Jensen
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
16/8/2026
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