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Posted: 31 January 2018
A new reference book on satellite altimetry, one of the most successful ever techniques for monitoring the oceans and climate from space, highlights the NOC’s leading role in extending altimetry...
Posted: 30 January 2018
Pioneering underwater wireless networking and communications systems developer W•SENSE Ltd has joined the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Marine Robotics Innovation Centre as a...
Posted: 23 January 2018
Marine Life Talks Thursday, 1 February 2018 Microplastics on our dinner plates? Evidence and risks to people Christina Thiele, University Of Southampton The media has covered findings of microplastics...
Posted: 23 January 2018
C-Enduro autonomous surface vehicle The finale to the series of Year of Autonomy workshops will focus upon the factors that affect the acceptance of autonomous robotic systems within society, both now and in the future. The programme,...
Posted: 19 January 2018
See us on Stand 62 and Speaking at 14:00 on 7 February The NOC is a world leading centre in ocean modelling and the forecasting of shelf sea dynamics. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is...
Posted: 19 January 2018
Reef shark The global effort to overturn recent declines in the world’s shark population could be helped by new insights into their feeding habits. Ocean modelling by scientists at the National...
Posted: 19 January 2018
Tiede volcano New research, published this week (18 January 2018) in Nature Scientific Reports, not only implies a link between catastrophic volcanic eruptions and landslides, but also suggests that landslides...
Posted: 17 January 2018
Oceanology International 2018 logo The NOC is returning to Oceanology International in 2018 at London Excel (13-15 March 2018) with two exhibition stands and we are participating in a number of conference sessions which are listed...
Posted: 16 January 2018
Sanchi oil spill modelling An updated emergency ocean model simulation shows that waters polluted by the sinking Sanchi oil tanker could reach Japan within a month. The new simulation also shows that although pollution is...
Posted: 12 January 2018
Water contaminated by the oil currently leaking into the ocean from the Sanchi tanker collision is likely to take at least three months to reach land, and if it does the Korean coast is the most...
Posted: 4 January 2018
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be part of the UK’s space industry or for your company to work in downstream space applications then ‘Ready to Work in Space’...