Sunlight over English Channel and North Sea from ISS

Rolling Updates: Inside the UK's unfolding marine heatwave

30 June 2026
The Bruker Dimension Icon Atomic Force Microscope integrated with Infrared spectroscopy (AFM-IR)

New technology at NOC set to transform understanding of ocean plastic pollution

30 June 2026
Compilation of satellite images

NOC leads £7 million project to put petabytes of environmental data in everyone’s pocket

25 June 2026
Seaweed forest

New study highlights opportunities and challenges of large-scale seaweed cultivation for carbon dioxide removal

22 June 2026
Wind turbines with a sailboat behind

New research highlights impacts on seabed sediments from the effects of offshore wind development in context of the climate crisis

19 June 2026
REV Ocean Vessel

NOC to co-lead REV Ocean Sargasso Sea Expedition

17 June 2026
The newly identified and named Caeconyx papso amphipod

New deep-sea species honours four decades of ocean research

17 June 2026
Visitors to NOC attend a talk in the workshops, discovering more about the technology

Open day makes waves at the National Oceanography Centre

16 June 2026
20-year average for global surface air temperatures

GloSAT team wins Royal Meteorological Society Award for innovation

9 June 2026
NOC lander

From concept to capability: NOC achieves milestone in CCS sensor innovation

5 June 2026
CS Sovereign cable laying vessel

Hidden lifelines: new research reveals vulnerability of subsea cables serving small island nations

28 May 2026
Marine heatwave workshop 2026 attendees

Feeling the heat: UK experts dive into national marine heatwave meeting

21 May 2026
Researcher preparing equipment

NOC and CTC launch a virtual work experience opportunity for students

18 May 2026
Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai volcanic eruption

New research enables identification of the most hazardous underwater volcanoes

5 May 2026
Seastar on a polymetallic module

Review of the impacts of deep-sea mining helps us understand the risk of biodiversity loss

4 May 2026
SOUNDSCALE

NOC explores pioneering technology to monitor urban coastal environments in real time

28 April 2026