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Today is the penultimate day of scientific data collection for most of us. At 5am we measured the last of the bottles from the fifth and last bioassay. Then, a few hours later, the CTD was lowered down on the start of another long journey to the deep ocean.We have steamed out westwards to an ocean…
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Geo-engineering schemes aimed at tackling global warming through artificial iron fertilisation of the oceans would significantly affect deep-sea ecosystems, according to research involving scientists from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) with former Ocean and Earth Science research…
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When we got up this morning we were met with a surprising and rather wonderful scene (see photo). It was as if we had suddenly been transported to a different climate overnight, or to a placid lake.Today’s blog is written by Tingting Shi from the National Oceanography Centre Southampton.The sun was…
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We are steaming rapidly northwards parallel to the west coast of Norway. Soon we will reach our most northerly latitude, 60°N, and turn westwards for home.In today’s blog Sophie Richier describes some additional science that she is carrying out, over and above managing the bioassay experiments.…
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A new discovery reveals that the shrimp-like creature at the heart of the Antarctic food chain could play a key role in fertilising the surface waters of Southern Ocean with the essential element iron – stimulating the growth of phytoplankton (microscopic plant-like organisms). This process…
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Researchers from the Marine Geoscience group at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) featured prominently at a recent conference held at the Geological Society in London, focused on submarine canyons and channels Dr Russell Wynn, Head of Marine Geoscience, provided the opening keynote address…
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Success! The strategy of moving as quickly as possible to the west turned out to be a good one. Although the rolling seas seemed to go on and on, eventually by this morning the sea was more tranquil and we were able to lower the CTD.The next two blog entries are by Sophie Richier from the National…
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Today our planned programme of work has been thwarted by poor weather, with the sea being too rough to safely put the CTD in the water. We are currently running away westwards from the Skaggerak, trying to find calmer waters in the central North Sea.Today’s blog is by Steve Archer from Plymouth…