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Observed vs MEDUSA-simulated primary production for northern summer (top) and northern winter (bottom) [from Yool et al., 2013]
A computer model that predicts how marine ecosystems will change into the future, developed by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre, will contribute to UK assessments of future environmental change, as well as the next Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report. The NOC-…
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NOC’s Spar Buoy being deployed off the coast of Newfoundland (courtesy: Ian Brooks)
An ocean buoy developed by the National Oceanography Centre is currently measuring the characteristics of waves breaking in the open ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. The findings will feed into assessments of how gas and aerosol exchange at the surface of the ocean impacts climate change. The ‘…
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FASTNEt scientists injecting dye into the water
The FASTNEt consortium is a four-year physical oceanography research programme that started on 1 October 2011. FASTNEt recognises that shelf seas are a critical interface, linking the terrestrial, atmospheric and oceanic carbon pools and acting as a physical gateway to key biogeochemical fluxes.…
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Both shallow and deep-sea habitats will be affected by climate change (credit: NOAA HURL Archives)
An ambitious new study describes how changes in ocean properties – predicted by models developed for the latest IPCC report – may adversely impact marine ecosystems and human populations reliant on ocean productivity. Published this week in PLOS Biology, the study was led by the University of Hawai…
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European Space Agency's satellites (credit: ESA)
An international lesson-writing competition was launched recently by the European Space Agency’s LearnEO! project, which is hosted by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). LearnEO! (Learn Earth Observation) is an online educational resource for teachers, students and professionals, specialising…
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A new, state-of-the-art research ship for UK marine science – RRS Discovery – was named by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton on Thursday, 10 October 2013. Around 200 guests, including the Science Minister David Willetts, local MPs, civic guests…
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OSNAP schematic map
The National Oceanography Centre will lead the UK component of two projects to monitor the crucial ocean currents in the North Atlantic which shape Britain’s climate. Science Minister David Willetts announced the projects this week  when he delivered the Mountbatten Memorial Lecture at the…
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Carbon dioxide map
National Oceanography Centre researchers have contributed to The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which has just been published. The report, entitled Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, presents a synthesis of current climate science…
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A ‘Menorcan’ Shearwater at La Mola, Menorca (photo: Russell Wynn)
Researchers have reported on a project that aims to help with the conservation of a critically endangered European seabird. The project, led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), tracks the migration routes and feeding patterns of the Balearic Shearwater, a seabird associated with…