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The National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Universities and Science Minister David Willetts has hailed the new Southampton Martine and Maritime Institute (SMMI), of which the National Oceanography Centre is a component, as exemplary of the relationships required between industry and higher education to drive future economic growth in the UK…
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Professor Phil Weaver
A call for the creation of larger designated areas for marine protection is the basis of a comment article in the latest edition of the science journal, Nature.The piece - Think big for marine conservation – is co-authored by Professor Phil Weaver (pictured), science coordinator of the Global Ocean…
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National Oceanography Centre
The National Oceanography Centre has heralded James Cameron’s successful solo dive to the deepest part of the ocean.The Hollywood director surfaced earlier this morning after completing a mission that took him to a depth of almost seven miles (11km) in the Mariana Trench. His submersible, Deepsea…
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Pete Talling from NOC logs a section of hemipelagic sediment (pale layers), volcanic turbidites
We are now at the halfway point in the cruise and focused on the drill sites off of Martinique. However, Montserrat is still very much on our minds.Adam Stinton of the Montserrat Volcano Observatory is on board and has been accessing the real time data from the island’s seismic stations and remote…
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Martin Palmer with volcano in background
The second weekly update from IODP leg 340.At about 5 o’clock this morning (local time) we finished drilling the final site around Montserrat and are preparing the ship for a 12-hour transit to our next site off the coast of Dominica.The relatively shallow depths in which we are working mean that…
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MV JOIDES Resolution
Scientists based at the National Oceanography Centre, NOC, are onboard the RV JOIDES Resolution as part of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, IODP. Expedition 340 will look at volcanism and landslides around the Lesser Antilles.Professor Martin Palmer, Ocean and Earth Science University of…
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Geographical reconstruction for the PETM from the PALEOMAP Project (www.scotese.com)
The burning of fossil fuels is releasing vast quantities of extra carbon dioxide (CO2) to the Earth’s atmosphere. While a proportion of this stays in the atmosphere, raising atmospheric CO2 levels, around half is removed over time, either to become sequestered in trees and plants or to become…