Posted: 21 March 2023
The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence (AI), has today launched a ground-breaking Turing Research and Innovation Cluster focusing on digital twins (TRIC-DT). The National Oceanography Centre’s Associate Director of Digital Ocean, Dr John... |
Posted: 20 March 2023
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is set to manage multiple international world leading science research expeditions in 2023.
Recent expeditions include the DY158 expedition which circumnavigated the A76a megaberg.
The RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook provide first... |
Posted: 7 March 2023
Following reports on the signing of the High Seas Treaty, NOC’s Alan Evans Member of the UK Delegation at the negotiations, gave this comment.
“A critical outcome of the new Treaty is the ability to more readily realise the target of establishing 30% of the global ocean as marine... |
Posted: 3 March 2023
Coastal overtopping can cause flooding and pose a hazard to people, property and infrastructure.
NOC have developed a novel coastal wave overtopping system "WireWall" that can measure the speed and volume of overtopping water on a wave-by-wave basis for the very first time.
The... |
Posted: 21 February 2023
Scientists have contributed to a new report by the UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP)
Key findings have been shared on ocean topics including how climate change is impacting storms/waves and sea temperature around the UK
By providing evidence to policy makers we're... |
Posted: 20 February 2023
SMARTEX is one of several NOC projects endorsed as a UN Ocean Decade Action, part of our commitment to the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals
Learn more about this current expedition and the people on board by reading latest crew blog here
The research... |
Posted: 8 February 2023
Our pioneering Marine Systems Modelling (MSM) scientists develop and use innovative, state-of-the-art ocean models to better understand and predict how oceans work, addressing fundamental challenges in society.
We spoke to Dr Michela De Dominicis, Senior Research Scientist at NOC, about her... |
Posted: 7 February 2023
New, open-access software developed by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) brings together ten different formulae for calculating air-sea surface exchanges into one package for the very first time.
The new software makes it easier to test the impacts of choosing one formula over another on... |
Posted: 2 February 2023
Seafloor cables carry over 95% of all digital data traffic worldwide, crucial to our everyday lives.
A new global study led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has revealed how climate change may increase the threats posed by natural hazards to these networks.
The research provides... |
Posted: 30 January 2023
A study in the Pearl River Delta in China could greatly assist in providing much needed flood defences for major cities such as Guangzhou
Mangrove trees allow excellent protection, but scientists are now able to predict best location for them to provide maximum protection
First study to show... |