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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 the Marine Autonomous and Robotics Systems (MARS) group – which went live in April 2012 at the National…
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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 development of Marine Robotics.The UK has a strong track record in developing autonomous underwater vehicles…
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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 published this month in Nature Geoscience, researchers at Victoria University, Wellington and the National…
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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 expedition, scientists will study the impact of the changing chemistry on marine organisms and ecosystems, on…
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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 Southampton, which was short-listed for the recent Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize.Projected increases in global…
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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 coastal populations – clogged nets for fishermen, stinging waters for tourists, even choked cooling intake…