Posted: 31 January 2013
The first Chief Scientist for the national facility developing and providing autonomous vehicles for UK marine research has been appointed.
Dr Russell Wynn will act as the focal point between... |
Posted: 25 January 2013
The National Oceanography Centre has welcomed the news that its owning body, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) will receive £10 million over the next two years for research and... |
Posted: 20 January 2013
Scientists based in the UK and New Zealand have described a “new” type of volcanic eruption.
Volcanic eruptions are commonly categorised as either explosive or effusive. But now, in research... |
Posted: 8 January 2013
An expedition to the icy waters of Antarctica has begun aboard the RRS James Clark Ross. The five-week mission will study the effect of ocean acidification in the Southern Ocean.
During the... |
Posted: 7 January 2013
To understand the risk of coastal flooding, you need to understand the tides. This was a key message of a study by researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool and... |
Posted: 2 January 2013
Scientists have cast doubt on the widely held perception that there has been a global increase in jellyfish.
Blooms, or proliferations, of jellyfish can show a substantial, visible impact on... |