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Latest news

A microscopic image of a Calanus copepod. Credit: Nele Thomsen/SAMS

Tue, May 19, '26

Scientists to investigate how ocean pollutants affect human health

Tiny copepods could hold key information in ocean assessment

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Oceanographic moorings are prepared for deployment in the North Atlantic

Mon, May 18, '26

New oceanographic array to aid AMOC observations

SCOTIA has shown no clear signal that AMOC is weakening at sub-polar latitude

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UHI has awarded Tom Wilding the title of Associate Professor of Innovative Environmental Assessment

Mon, Apr 27, '26

SAMS eDNA researcher awarded Associate Professor title

Tom Wilding has been a leading light in the development of eDNA for environmental monitoring

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Scottish Renewables chief executive Claire Mack will open the Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) 2026 conference, hosted by the Scottish Association for Marine Science in Oban

Wed, Apr 8, '26

Renewables industry leader to open research conference at SAMS

EIMR 2026 conference will bring together research, industry and policy sectors

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Latest papers

How to analyse overlapping sounds in the marine environment using supervised multi-label classification
Authors:

Olcay A, White PR, Bull JM, Risch D, White EL, Dell B

npj Acoustics, 2
06, 1, 2026
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Glacial Ice-Front Calving: Internal Wave Generation and Melting
Authors:

Inall MI, Fraser NJ, Sundfjord A, Meredith MP

Geophysical Research Letters 53 (11)
06, 3, 2026
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Mangrove Forest degradation can dramatically alter macroinfaunal community composition and functioning
Authors:

Hall R, Sciberras M, Bell J, Assiam B, Koomson A, Abubakar F, Owusu B, Narayanaswamy BE, Acheampong E, Aggrey-Fynn J, Nyarko BK, Sweetman AK

Marine Ecology Progress Series, 785
05, 13, 2026
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Effect of Time and Temperature Before Preservation on Bacterial eDNA in Sediment Samples
Authors:

Ashley-Wheeler VR, Wyness AJ, Morrissey BJ, Svobodova D, Telfer TC, Wilding TA

Environmental DNA 8(3)
05, 23, 2026
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