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Last month the Royal Society was the venue for a marine themed Question Time discussion session with Prof Nicholas Owens in the Chair. Four brave panellists faced questions from the floor on the subject of sustained marine observations. Hear how Prof Karen Heywood, Prof Ed Hill, Prof Laurence Mee…
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A National Oceanography Centre workshop to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) attracted nearly 120 people to the Victoria Gallery and Museum at Liverpool University. Professor Ed Hill, Director of the National Oceanography Centre, said “We are…
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Scientists have, for the first time, demonstrated that climate models are able to simulate past abrupt changes in the Earth’s climate – giving more confidence in predictions of future global climate change. The study, which was published this month in the scientific journal PNAS, was led by…
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Underwater landslides are potentially very damaging: they can generate tsunami waves and destroy expensive and crucial seabed infrastructure, such as pipelines and cables. A study carried out by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) suggests that, contrary to some hypotheses, very…
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The first step in developing a cost-effective micro sensor for long-term monitoring of ocean acidification has been achieved by a team of scientists and engineers. The new technology, that will measure pH levels in seawater, was developed by engineers from the National Oceanography Centre, in close…
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A University of Southampton researcher based at the National Oceanography Centre is helping to track an iceberg the size of Manhattan, which has recently broken off of a glacier in Antarctica and could threaten shipping lanes in the Southern Ocean. The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)…
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Gwyn Griffiths, former chief technologist at the National Oceanography Centre, presented a webinar on A Century of Discovery: How Three Research Ships Named Discovery Unveiled the Ocean’s Mysteries. More information about the talk is available here, including a link to listen to the webinar online…
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The National Oceanography Centre is participating in a major Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) training initiative announced by the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts. He unveiled plans for £100 million of new NERC investment in fifteen Doctoral Training Partnerships (…
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A new study carried out at the National Oceanography Centre challenges a long accepted theory about how the biomass of animals living at the seafloor increases as animal size increases. Results show that the complex trends detected by conventional sampling methods may be artefacts, and that the…