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A major new dataset bringing together measurements of marine microbial respiration from across the global ocean is now available to scientists investigating how marine life helps store carbon in the ocean.…

Ocean Visions released the draft Phytoplankton Carbon Solutions report on 30 September. Further details can be found here including links to…

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New research led by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in collaboration with scientists from a number of institutes has…

2-4 March 2026, Glasgow, UK

The workshop is planned to take place immediately after Ocean Sciences 2026.

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Plankton powerhouses are under the spotlight in a newly published BioScience article authored by an international group of scientists including Prof Alex Poulton of Heriot-Watt University and BIO-…

There are a number of sessions at the upcoming Ocean Sciences Meeting, due to be held in Glasgow from 22-27 February 2026, that are relevant to BIO-Carbon research. Below are links to the session details. Abstracts can be submitted directly from…

NERC have just released pre-announcements for the final round of BIO-Carbon funding, to open in spring 2026. Stage 2 is planned to build on the results emerging from the earlier stages of the programme, to apply this new knowledge to how we…

As part of the UK NERC BIO-Carbon research programme, with the support of the Marine Biogeochemistry Forum from the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS -…

Image: Mesopeglaic fish (credit: Jethro Reading)

A recent study shed light on how mesopelagic fish help move carbon from the surface to the deep ocean. Led by the University of…