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Latest news

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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Dr Simon Waldman of Heriot Watt University will be part of an unusual keynote address at the EIMR2026 conference

Thu, Mar 19, '26

Transatlantic link-up reflects global interest in renewables research

Keynote speech to examine scale-up impacts of marine renewables

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A counsellor from HECA is captivated by SAMS' decades-old samples from the deep sea

Fri, Mar 13, '26

University advisors dive in to UHI experience at SAMS

International education advisors become marine scientists for the day

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Latest papers

The Scotland–Canada overturning array (SCOTIA): twenty years of meridional overturning in the subpolar North Atlantic
Authors:

Fox AD, Fraser NJ, Burmeister K, Jones SC, Cunningham SA, Drysdale LA, Dilmahamod AF, Karstensen J

Ocean Science 22
05, 8, 2026
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Monitoring Risso's Dolphins in the Northeast Atlantic: A Deep Learning Approach to Classify Echolocation Click Detections.
Authors:

Webber T, Risch D... van Geel N

Marine Mammal Science 42 (2)
04, 20, 2026
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Passive acoustics reveal low-latitude distribution of North Atlantic minke whales
Authors:

Raick X, Castro Sanchez H, Risch D et al 

Marine Ecology Progress Series
04, 26, 2026
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Developing Principles for Responsible Investment in Coastal and Marine Natural Capital
Authors:

Simpson K, De Clippele L, Walker Milne N, Leakey C, Paterson D... Carcajona D... Snow B et al

MASTS report
04, 24, 2026
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