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    91ֱ (91ֱ) is Scotland's premier independent marine science organisation generating new knowledge for the benefit of the marine environment and society since 1884.
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  • 91ֱ » News » Archive » Archive 2012 — 91ֱ
  • Polar Medal for David Meldrum of 91ֱ
  • Marine climate change report launched at World Fisheries Congress
  • Celebrating BioMara
  • Marine energy industries to pool knowledge at Inverness conference
  • PhD studentships advertised
  • 91ֱ helps search for missing diver
  • Riding internal waves on the Celtic Sea
  • SURGE to meet at 91ֱ
  • The marine definition to ecosystem approach
  • Opportunities for algal products abound
  • Nippers and algae to meet in class
  • North Sea fishery subsidies cut fishermen’s profits
  • How organisms make inhospitable places their homes
  • Virtual Landscape Theatre @ObanSeaFestival
  • Musings from the Crow's Nest - new blog
  • Dumping eggs on the neighbours
  • 91ֱ staff win teaching awards
  • To the shelf edge we go
  • Seaglider “Ardbeg” goes to sea
  • 91ֱ scientist informs the Sea Detective
  • Ocean acidification in the Arctic summons researchers
  • How the public sees the sea
  • Littering our shores
  • Festival of the Sea to return to Oban in 2012
  • Scottish Salmon Company starts excellent trials
  • 91ֱ named organisation of the month
  • Tagathon success
  • Marine aliens - how safe are our seas?
  • Celebrating sea songs at 91ֱ
  • The latest antics in the Arctic
  • Seminar @ 91ֱ by St Andrews millimetre wave physicist
  • Golden Jubilee for Oceanology and Marine Biology: An Annual Review
  • NEW: North Atlantic Glider Base
  • Undersea bubble blowing begins
  • New film on North Atlantic circulation
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