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Posted: 31 August 2016
A screenshot from the course featuring NOC's Paolo Satellite oceanographers at NOC have contributed to a new massive open online course, or MOOC. The course launch is timed to coincide with wider release of data from Sentinel-3, the dedicated ocean...
Posted: 30 August 2016
UK Marine Science Strategy The MSCC will be holding one of only two Plenary meetings held per year at NOC on the 21–22 September 2016. The MSCC is a steering committee which identifies opportunities for the alignment...
Posted: 26 August 2016
The MV Shengking Measuring devices being installed on a cargo ship will provide oceanographers with vital data on the oceans’ ability to slow the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere as part of a major new...
Posted: 23 August 2016
The GNSS-Wave Glider, a robotic vessel that can travel up to speeds of 2 knots using solar power and the motion of the waves The world’s first autonomous robotic vessel to measure sea level completes a successful two week mission in the North Sea. A team of scientists and engineers from the National Oceanography...
Posted: 15 August 2016
Microplastic research at NOC This week researchers from NOC and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) have embarked on a collaborative research expedition to further understand how tiny pieces of plastic litter are spreading in...
Posted: 11 August 2016
Challenger Society for Marine Science 5–8 September 2016 – The 17th biennial Challenger Society for Marine Science conference will be held in Liverpool, jointly hosted by the National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool University and...
Posted: 4 August 2016
Corals Being a coral nutritionist: How does the diet of a reef coral affect its health and ability to cope with rising temperatures? Speaker: Sabrina Rosset – Coral reefs have been hitting the...
Posted: 3 August 2016
Professor Angela Hatton The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Angela Hatton as its new Director of Science & Technology to succeed Professor Ian Wright who is...
Posted: 2 August 2016
William J. Baxter and Virgil Partch, “Warmer Weather!... Boom in North” (New York: International Economic Research Bureau) The uncertainty associated with projections of end-of-century global warming by Earth System Models (ESMs) can be understood in terms of two components, according to research by NOC scientist Tom...
Posted: 1 August 2016
Clipper 1851 The NOC hosted and led the 4th International Workshop on Advances in the Use of Historical Climate data (MARCDAT-IV) from the 18th – 22nd July, with 47 participants from 12 countries (Australia,...