Fish in a Sandy Bay
During this year’s Plymouth Ocean Science Voyage aboard Pelican of London 25 youngsters from Devon and Cornwall sailed to the Channel Islands. As we spent a day of research in a beautiful bay enclosed by the islands of… Read More
Restronguet Creek Revisited
My first close encounter with pollution emanating from the abandoned mines in England’s Southwest occurred in the mid 1990s, when research for my undergraduate dissertation brought me to Restronguet Creek in the Fal Estuary. A former tin mine… Read More
Esther Bancroft – ‘Literate’ in Residence
As our first Scientist in Residence with language as research focus, Esther explores our interactions with the sea and how our language relates to them. She sees the point of connection as: “science and literature are both rooted… Read More
AQ21 Scientists – Andrew Smedley
The work of the scientists, who will benefit from the Antarctic Quest 21 expedition is intricate, complex, interdisciplinary and connected to many environmental issues that matter to all of us. Here I’ll try to bring closer to you… Read More
Challenging Habitat 