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Posted: 30 January 2015
The team collecting their award The winners of the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) inaugural Impact Awards have been announced at a prize-giving ceremony in London, with scientists from the National Oceanography...
Posted: 28 January 2015
The GOCE gravity satellite (courtesy ESA) Research at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered that a ‘slope’ on the ocean surface in the Strait of Gibraltar is lowering the sea level in Europe by 7cm. This research,...
Posted: 26 January 2015
Trajectories of 24 passive particles released in the western Irish Sea during spring 2005 The vertical movement of scampi larvae in the Irish Sea is an important factor in determining the success of the species, according to scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the...
Posted: 23 January 2015
Extreme weather Research at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) may help to predict extreme winters across Europe by identifying the set of environmental conditions that are associated with pairs of severe...
Posted: 20 January 2015
Coloured coccolithophores 5 February 2015 – Coccolithophores: microscopic algae with a global impact – Chris Daniels Coccolithophores are group of diverse, microscopic, single-celled algae found throughout the...
Posted: 12 January 2015
Envirohack 2015 A NERC funded ‘Hackathon’ will take place at the Digital Catapult Centre in London between 27 and 28 February. This event is being organised by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and the...
Posted: 12 January 2015
Professor Ian Robinson TODAY – 12 January – Celebrating the career and achievements of Professor Ian S Robinson This afternoon’s Retirement Celebration for Prof Ian Robinson can be watched via live streaming at:...
Posted: 12 January 2015
Autosub returning from a successful mission Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have used advanced photographic tools in an unmanned Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to make major advancements in estimating deep-sea...
Posted: 8 January 2015
National Oceanography Centre with RRS Discovery 24–27 February 2015 – Recent capital investment, as part of the UK Government ‘Eight Great Technologies’ initiative, means that the NERC MARS facility now comprises the...
Posted: 7 January 2015
Greenhouse gas meeting, 7–8 January 2015 7 and 8 January 2015 – The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is hosting an event to co-ordinate future greenhouse gas research in the UK, on behalf of the UK Greenhouse Gas Scientific community...
Posted: 6 January 2015
National Oceanography Centre in Southampton Thursday 5 March 2015 – Ocean winds and waves monitoring with GNSS-Reflectometry A one-day workshop on new spaceborne capability for improved ocean surface wind and wave monitoring with...
Posted: 6 January 2015
Automated water samplers The National Oceanography Centre is leading a £1.2M NERC funded project to improve our understanding of the role of the Atlantic meridional overturning current (AMOC) in absorbing atmospheric...