This five-year anniversary underscores the strength and longevity of the partnership and its growing impact on both regional and international stages; demonstrating the power of collaboration in tackling some of the biggest challenges facing our ocean - discover what we’ve achieved together in that time.

Researchers in the UK have shown how the distributions of two phytoplankton groups – known to produce natural toxins that can halt shellfish harvesting – have changed in the North East Atlantic over the last six decades.

From 22–27 February, the UK hosts the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM), a major biennial event that brings together around 6,000 scientists and ocean professionals from across the world.

Scientists from the Marine Research Plymouth Alliance partners revisited turn-of-the-century forecasts about threats that would face the world’s shorelines to assess what they got right, and what they may have missed