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The UK’s climate has continued to warm, with 2020 the first year to have temperature, rain and sunshine rankings all in the top ten.

The latest analysis of the UK climate, State of the UK Climate 2020...

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in partnership with University of Liverpool, Cranfield University, and St Andrews University has been awarded funding by UK Research and Innovation as one of six new research projects that aim to build a sustainable future for the marine...

This month, scientists from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will join a team of marine scientists from the iAtlantic project on a month-long collaborative expedition to investigate the ecosystems and natural processes in the deep...

The G7 FSOI (Future of the Seas and Oceans Initiative) held its 2021 Working Group meeting through a three-day series of virtual sessions hosted by the UK G7 Presidency from 28–30 June 2021.

Delegations from Canada, the European...

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has secured funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), which will take robot submarine ‘Boaty McBoatface’ around end-of-life oil and gas fields.

The Autonomous Techniques for infraStructure Ecological Assessment (...

A resolution giving the go-ahead to implement the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science was adopted Thursday 24 June 2021 by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, the UN body responsible for ocean science and services.

It is hoped, the period 2030 will...

A recent publication following a workshop led by The Royal Society has announced four key strategic research priorities for the UK, as part an international effort towards the goals of the UN Ocean Decade...

The European Marine Board (EMB) has today launched its policy briefing: Sustaining in situ Ocean Observations in the Age of the Digital Ocean which highlights the critical needs and benefits of a fit-for-purpose business and funding model for systematic, sustained ocean...