Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)

Our online EIT Food Algal Biotechnology course is back 4-5 November 2025 📆. apply.eitfood.eu/en_GB/course...

This professional development programme provides an introduction to developments in industry.

📆 Deadline: 29 October 2025
🗺 Place: Online
💶 Course fee: € 99 (incl. VAT)
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Mission to save seaweed stocks from the impacts of climate change Project aito improve livelihoods for seaweed farming communities in Southeast Asia

We're involved in crucial research programmes trying to safeguard global seaweed stocks.

There's a race against time to assess and protect stocks which are under severe pressure from factors such as ocean warming, disease & non-native species introduction.

Read more www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Some generous pledges have injected new momentum to the #Crowdfunder campaign to develop our table-top game Drones and Droids.

Straight from the SAMS 🤖 lab, the game is a fun - and educational - way to experience real #marinescience missions.

Please support us www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/drones-and...

9th October the MASTS Marine Artificial Intelligence is hosting a open Forum session with talks from Dr Zonghua Liu ( @robertgordonuni.bsky.social ) and Gary Groves PhD ( @samsocean.bsky.social, UHI ).
📍Sign up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/903dd9...

Ecosystem metabolism and nitrogen budget of a glacial Fjord in the Arctic - FACE IT PROJECT Fjords in the Arctic are changing rapidly due to multiple factors including increasing air temperatures, the influx of Atlantic Water ...

Important #Arctic #research involving SAMS scientist Laura Castro de la Guardia. 🌊🧪

www.face-it-project.eu/2025/07/02/e...

Female scientist looking out to the open ocean from the deck of a ship.

🎧New podcast episode!
"A new wave of ocean exploration"

Real-life Octonauts Drs Neil Fraser & Lewis Drysdale explain how new technology is a game changer in the quest for 🌊 data.

👂https://www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/episodes/17448270 or on your preferred streaming platform.🧪
@fmri-nerc.bsky.social

Female scientist looking out to the open ocean from the deck of a ship.

🎧New podcast episode!
"A new wave of ocean exploration"

Real-life Octonauts Drs Neil Fraser & Lewis Drysdale explain how new technology is a game changer in the quest for 🌊 data.

👂https://www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/episodes/17448270 or on your preferred streaming platform.🧪
@fmri-nerc.bsky.social

What if rocks could make oxygen? This sci-fi sounding “what if” may be true! Researchers at @samsocean.bsky.social were shocked to find oxygen production in the deep sea and traced its most probable source to metallic rocks on the sea floor. Read more: www.sciencejournalforkids.org/articles/how...

This morning we have moved away from yesterdays unofficial theme of #coccolithophores to nutrients with talks by Robyn Tuerena
@samsocean.bsky.social and the #C-streams project, Anna Belcher @ukceh.bsky.social and @biopole.bsky.social project and a keynote by @altagliabue.bsky.social on #iron

Farming Today - 17/06/25 Agricultural jobs, organised livestock crime, seaweed science - BBC Sounds Anna Hill finds out how new farming technology could mean more jobs, not fewer.

If you were listening this morning to BBC Radio 4's Farming Today, you would have heard a great feature on the future of #seaweed farming.

The story opens today's episode (link below) and includes interviews with Professor Michele Stanley of SAMS.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... 🧪

Seaweed species loss prompts UN Ocean Conference call UNOC3 is being held at a critical moment for the world’s ocean

The GlobalSeaweed-SUPERSTAR programme, led by SAMS, has asked the UN Ocean Conference #UNOC3 in Nice to recognise the importance of #seaweed to ocean health and food security and requested it gets conservation status similar to coral reefs, mangroves and seagrasses.🧪🌊

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Today - 11/06/2025 - BBC Sounds News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

Fascinating insight on ocean health from President Moetai Brotherson of French Polynesia on BBC #R4today programme today bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

(From 2:17) President Brotherson references the discovery of deep-sea oxygen production by SAMS scientist Andrew Sweetman www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Project to explore community-led seaweed farming plan SAMS to probe public perceptions on industry

Today, #SeaweedDay, SAMS is announced as a partner in a @wwf.org.uk project to explore seaweed farming in coastal communities.🌊🧪

Through this £1m project, funded by the The National Lottery Community Fund, we're analysing public perceptions around seaweed farming. 👇

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

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Ocean education donation will help inspire young minds Local donor continues legacy of generosity

#Ocean science outreach activities in Scotland have received a boost following a charitable donation worth £10,000 to SAMS.🌊

The donation of £8,000, plus Gift Aid, from Oban resident Robert Kincaid will buy kit including an ROV, a hydrophone, & a field microscope.

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

Rural Affairs and Islands Committee | Scottish Parliament TV

SAMS has been in front of politicians and policy makers to inform the Scottish Parliament on 🌊 matters.

Prof. Andrew Sweetman gave a seminar at parliament on his Dark Oxygen discovery & Prof. Paul Tett gave evidence to parliament on offshore #aquaculture. 👇
www.scottishparliament.tv/meeting/rura...

📣Next month @noc.ac.uk are running a 2-day workshop on the contribution of UK Arctic Ocean science to the International Polar Year 32/33.
🌊The deadline to register is 16th May - TOMORROW
All the info about how to join and workshop are here: noc-events.co.uk/workshop-con...

An amazing project, made all the more complex by the Covid pandemic. We were proud to play a very small part in the project; our SIMBA devices were used to measure sea ice thickness.

Thank you, Winnie! Is it too presumptuous to ask whether the plastic pollution episode is on your list to listen to..?

Tom Wilding from @samsocean.bsky.social talking on estimating the Infaunal Quality Index (IQI) inside aquaculture areas using traditional methods (costly) and novel #eDNA metabarcoding. Developed the eDNA2IQI r-package to do this by using sequence data generated from 16S to predict IQI. #UKDNAWG25

A common dolphin leaping out of the water

A robotic scientific instrument floating in the water

Our marine robotics team have been out beyond the #Hebridean islands to deploy a glider in the north-east Atlantic over the coming months.

Gliders are able to gather data in hard-to-reach parts of the ocean, filling gaps in our understanding of large-scale currents.🌊

The dolphins were a bonus!🐬

Newly Discovered Algae May Speed Melting of Antarctic Ice - Eos Purple pigmentation in a diverse array of algae absorbs heat and creates a feedback loop responsible for 2% of total daily melting.

Scientists have discovered abundant algae in Antarctica. It could lead to faster melting of Antarctic ice.
New research from Alex Thomson @samsocean.bsky.social, comments from @alexanesio.bsky.social @au.dk. Story by @andrewchapman.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/new...

Loss of seaweeds will affect ocean health State of the World's Seaweed report highlights global challenges

📣New report launched
State of the World's #Seaweed

This report from our GlobalSeaweed-SUPERSTAR programme highlights how human-induced threats could dramatically change the fortunes of the ocean and ultimately impact human health. 🌊🧪

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

@globalseaweed.bsky.social

Biobanking call to protect seaweeds from climate change Warning issued by European experts

A new report published this week in the European Journal of Phycology highlights the need for a co-ordinated European effort to preserve seaweed genetic diversity against a backdrop of rapid species loss.🧪

Read more: www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...

@thinkuhi.bsky.social

Impacts of mixed microplastics on marine life Innovative study indicates that a mixed microplastic blend may be substantially more toxic than a single polymer on a key marine food-web species.

A #NewStudy reveals that mixed #microplastic blends may be substantially more toxic to key marine food-web species than single polymers: pml.ac.uk/news/impacts...

Harbour porpoise swimming at the water's surface

Funded #PhD opportunities🧪🌊

Looking for a PhD? We currently have three funded opportunities to work with us here at SAMS.

To find out more, see: www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...

#MarineScience #FindAPhD #ThinkUHI

The Scottish Entanglement Alliance is a fascinating project involving SAMS that works with creel fishermen to reduce the entanglement risk to marine mammals. 🌊🐳

Read more here: www.countryside-jobs.com/article/2025...

Plastic litter on a beach

Plastic litter in a mangrove habitat

🎧NEW PODCAST EPISODE
Drowning in plastic pollution 🧪🌊
www.buzzsprout.com/1080152/epis...

SAMS scientists Prof. Bhavani Narayanaswamy and Dr Geslaine Lemos Concalves explain the extent of plastic pollution in our ocean and what we can do to mitigate some of the worst impacts.

#MarineScience

Natural History Museum leads seaweed resilience research project - Oceanographic The UK's Natural History Museum has launched a project to protect seaweed farming in southeast Asia from the worst impacts of climate change.

#GlobalSeaweed-Protect researches biodiversity, aquaculture & sustainable livelihoods with Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines: led by Juliet Brodie #NHMLondon plus @samsocean.bsky.social - @ukri.org funded

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/natural...

www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office...

A deep-sea polymetallic nodule in a water tank

Fully-funded #PhD opportunity!🌊🧪

"Exploring benthic biogeochemical cycling in the abyssal Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean"

Want to help answer one of the biggest questions in #deepsea science?

Apply by 30th April, or find out more 👇
www.sams.ac.uk/study/postgr...

@mastscot.bsky.social