About Us
Page - September 21, 2011
A big welcome to the National Oceanography Centre.The Director of the National Oceanography Centre Professor Ed Hill tells the public about the centre and it's science and why it is so important.
Page - September 12, 2011
Our mission is to offer solutions to some of the greatest challenges of our age - which concern global environmental change and increased human pressures on natural resources.
We are achieving this through scientific and technological excellence...
Story - August 26, 2011
Ambient noise in North European seas: monitoring, impact, management (3–5 October 2011, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton) – conference experts highlight how noise affects marine life.Jacques Cousteau called the oceans the ‘...
Story - July 21, 2011
Professor Ed Hill , Executive Director of the National Oceanography Centre, receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield today.Professor Hill is a physical oceanographer and an applied mathematics graduate of the University. He...
Story - July 20, 2011
NOC came close to winning the aap3 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) category of the prestigious South Coast Business Awards earlier this month.On Friday 15 July staff attended a prestigious award ceremony at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel,...
Story - July 12, 2011
The Mysteries of Ageing in a Marine Environment, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –
by Dr Joel Parker –
From immortal jelly fish and sea anemones that live for decades, some marine organisms appear not to age...
Story - July 12, 2011
Surf and algal turf – Life on the Boscombe Artificial Surf Reef, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –
by Josie Pegg –
Completed in 2009 Boscombe artificial surf reef, the first of its kind in Europe, has...
Story - July 12, 2011
19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – Mining in the deep sea and the protection of marine life –
by Dr David Billett –
The deep ocean holds a wealth of minerals. As minerals become more scarce on land,...
Page - July 11, 2011
NERC's marine research is undertaken through a number of Research and Collaborative Centres and through associated marine research organisations. NERC also funds marine research at other universities, and through NERC's Earth, Earth Observation...
