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Professor Gwyn Griffiths (centre) receives the SUT President’s Award
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and its partners featured strongly in the Society for Underwater Technology’s 2010 awards, which were recently presented at the SUT Annual General Meeting onboard the Guild of Master Mariners Headquarters Ship Wellington. Dr Nic Flemming OBE, who served many…
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Occam european
Europe can become a global leader in marine biotechnology within ten years, according to a new report from the Marine Board of the European Science Foundation, of which the National Oceanography Centre is a member. Marine biotech currently represents a €2.8 billion market globally, with potential…
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NOC Southampton
Rapid turnover and remodelling of lipid membranes could help phytoplankton cope with nutrient scarcity in the open ocean. A team led by Patrick Martin of the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science based at the National Oceanography Centre has shown that a species of…
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Upper flow regime conditions, photo by John Howell BSRG
The BSRG AGM is the most important event in the BSRG calendar and is the focus for much of BSRG’s activities. The meeting features an extensive academic and social programme which includes pre-conference workshops, talk and poster sessions and the conference dinner.An exciting programme features an…
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Professor Harry Bryden FRS
Professor Harry Bryden of the University of Southampton’s School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Earth sciences.The award…
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The exchange of gases between the oceans and the atmosphere has an important influence on climate
A team led by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre have measured the air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide in the open ocean at higher wind speed then anyone else has ever managed. Their findings are important for understanding how interactions between the oceans and the atmosphere influence…
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YCSEC 2011
We would like to invite you to attend the 7th UK Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference to be held at the National Oceanography Centre, Liverpool on 30–31 March 2011.Rationale for YCSECResearch on coastal physical processes in the UK occurs under a variety of different disciplinary…
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Coastal erosion in portugal (image: E. Rohling)
Southampton researchers have estimated that sea-level rose by an average of about one metre per century at the end of the last Ice Age, interrupted by rapid ‘jumps’ during which it rose by up to 2.5 metres per century.The findings, published in Global and Planetary Change, will help unravel the…