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Credit: Illustration: Rosie Sheward;…
All the latest news, dates and developments of the project.
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Image: A huge school or ‘bait ball’ of sardines.
New research led by scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in collaboration with scientists from a number of institutes has revealed that fish are playing a previously…
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2–4 March 2026, Glasgow, UK
The workshop is planned to take place immediately after .
Marine organisms play a critical role in helping the ocean…
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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-…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 Southampton as part of the Natural Environment…
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BIO-Carbon 2025 Annual Meeting
Wednesday 2nd – Thursday 3rd April 2025
National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH & online
The Annual Meeting is open…
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Two ambitious research expeditions have successfully been completed in the BIO-Carbon programme. Timed to target key seasonal transitions in the North Atlantic, they advanced our understanding of how marine life contributes to carbon storage in…