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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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The RRS Sir David Attenborough, the UK's state-of-the-art research vessel, pictured in the Arctic

Thu, Jul 9, '26

UK’s world-class research organisations launch new collective

SAMS signs up as one of more than 40 members

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The GIANT project robotics team prepared for the mission during sea trials off SAMS on Scotland's west coast

Tue, Jul 7, '26

Scottish trials prepare scientists for Arctic expedition

GIANT research project to explore climate 'tipping points'

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Latest papers

Shedding secrets: Are hair extensions a plastic pollutant hidden in plain sight?
Authors:

Goncalves GRL, Snow B, Wiredu G, Koka Abima PK, Gray CA, Koomson A, Nyarko BK, Oduro GY, Ansah JW, Narayanaswamy BE

Journal of Hazardous Materials: Plastics (3)
08, 21, 2026
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Pycnostrophic coordinates: A framework for relating meridional overturning to ocean density structure
Authors:

Fraser NJ, Fox AD, Hughes CW

Journal of Physical Oceanography 56 (9)
07, 22, 2026
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Dataset publication: Compilation of nitrate isotopes (δ¹⁵N and δ¹⁸O) in the ocean
Authors:

Desmettre, S..... Tuerena RE et al

PANGAEA
07, 30, 2026
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Drivers and Patterns of Sediment Organic Carbon in European Regional Seas
Authors:

Lønborg C, Graversen AEL, Addamo AM, Assis J, Burrows MT, Stewart E, Lillis H, Costello MJ,  Krause‐Jensen D

Global Biogeochemical Cycles 40 (8)
08, 16, 2026
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