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The new RRS Discovery will serve as a platform for ocean observations
Details of a new atlas that maps surface ocean carbon dioxide levels across the Earth have been released by an international team of marine carbon researchers. The most comprehensive dataset of its kind, the atlas allows an estimate of how much carbon dioxide (CO2) is being absorbed by the oceans…
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Ocean waves
A mystery in the ocean near Antarctica has been solved by a team including researchers at the National Oceanography Centre who have long puzzled over how deep- and mid-depth ocean waters are mixed. They found that sea water mixes dramatically as it rushes over undersea mountains in Drake Passage…
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The new RRS Discovery – a platform for ocean observations
Over 100 marine professionals gathered at the National Oceanography Centre for a workshop on new technologies for monitoring the marine environment. The UK Integrated Marine Observing Network (UK-IMON) workshop last week aimed to identify technologies that, in the future, will provide both the…
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Geraint West
The Director providing strategic leadership for the large research infrastructure, specialist facilities and data assets that support UK marine science has been appointed by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre. Geraint West will take up the new position as NOC’s Director of National Marine…
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Autosub
A team of British scientists is making final preparations for an ambitious science mission that will use the National Oceanography Centre-provided Autosub underwater vehicle to monitor recent ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. They aim to discover what’s causing the recent rapid ice loss…
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The Challenger Society for Marine Science
A vision for sustained observations of the marine environment is the subject of an open meeting later this month. On Tuesday 17 September the Challenger Society for Marine Science, in collaboration with the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), will host a Prospectus for UK Marine…