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Posted: 23 August 2024
Last week, alongside the British Embassy in the Kingdom of Denmark, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) opened up its world-class research vessel RRS James Cook to the Greenlandic public and science community whilst on a logistical stop in Nuuk.
Approximately 160 members of the... |
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Posted: 22 August 2024
NOC scientists contribute to 34th annual State of the Climate report
Record sea surface and marine air temperatures experienced in 2023
94% of the global ocean surface experiencing at least one heatwave event in 2023
Greenhouse gas concentrations, the global temperature across... |
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Posted: 14 August 2024
First detailed maps of the underside of Antarctic ice-shelf fills major blind-spot in ice-sheet understanding.
Mapping of swirls and scoops in the ice raises questions about ice-sheet melt, which has implications for future seal-level rise.
The mapping will help interpret and calibrate... |
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Posted: 9 August 2024
An international team of scientists and engineers led by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), University of Southampton and Heriot-Watt University are in the midst of an intense six months of study to gain a better understanding of the role marine organisms play in storing carbon... |
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Posted: 5 August 2024
Scientists have discovered that hydrothermal vents could provide a vital source of metals to the surface ocean that help phytoplankton to grow.
Phytoplankton are tiny plants that form the base of the marine food web and play an important role in storing carbon that might otherwise be in the... |
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Posted: 1 August 2024
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has announced the opening of registration for this year’s Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS), taking place from Tuesday 5 to Thursday 7 November at NOC in Southampton.
MATS has proudly grown over the last decade to become one of... |
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Posted: 31 July 2024
A new study led by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed the complex movements of currents on the seafloor for the first time.
Rare datasets show that deep-sea currents change intensity seasonally and can even change direction within hours.
Sustained observations... |
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Posted: 25 July 2024
National Oceanography Centre (NOC) scientists Dr Andy Matthews, Dr Jo Williams and Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva collaborated on the latest Met Office ‘State of the UK Climate’ report released today (25th July 2024).
Data from the tide gauge at Newlyn, one of the longest available records... |
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Posted: 19 July 2024
The National Oceanography Centre has published the National Marine Facilities (NMF) Technology Roadmap 2023–24.
The roadmap explains how NMF is developing the National Marine Equipment Pool (NMEP), ship-fitted instrumentation and supporting infrastructure. Through NERC... |
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Posted: 17 July 2024
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) are onboard the RRS Discovery for the DY181 expedition, marking a decade of ongoing observations of a crucial part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).
The... |