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Posted: 29 September 2014
Shipwrecks and submerged worlds – 2 October 2014 2 October 2014 – Peter Campbell Shipwrecks and submerged worlds Maritime archaeology is the study of human engagement with the sea and inland waterways. Archaeology provides information on...
Posted: 29 September 2014
Monitoring of a small-scale carbon dioxide leak during the experiment This week an international team of leading scientists, including three from NOC, have published results of the first ever sub-sea carbon dioxide impact, detection and monitoring experiment...
Posted: 19 September 2014
An ice drifter being deployed in the Greenland Sea, March 2000 Next week there will be two meetings entitled ‘Arctic sea ice reduction: the evidence, models, and global impacts’, held under the auspices of the Royal Society, organised by Prof Daniel Feltham (...
Posted: 18 September 2014
Early Career Researcher Workshop 18–21 November 2014 18–21 November 2014 – Early Career Researcher participants workshop on: Marine Science and Technology – promoting UK-Colombian interdisciplinary research collaboration and career opportunities...
Posted: 16 September 2014
Deploying RAPID buoys 18-19 September 2014, Church House, Westminster, London. In 2014 RAPID reached 10 years of continuous observations of overturning circulation in the Atlantic Ocean. The joint UK-US RAPID...
Posted: 16 September 2014
Malta Escarpment A massive underwater canyon has been discovered in the Mediterranean near Italy by an international team of scientists that includes mapping experts from the National Oceanography Centre. The...
Posted: 15 September 2014
The ANDREX team approach the subantarctic island of South Georgia onboard the RRS James Cook The first study of its kind to quantify the role of the Weddell Gyre in closing the southern limb of the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) has been conducted by an international team led by...
Posted: 5 September 2014
Martin Arundell with the sensor A team of scientists and engineers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is heading to the USA to take part in a high-profile international competition to develop pH sensors to measure...
Posted: 2 September 2014
Autonomous vehicles The latest Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition was launched today at the NOC in Southampton – making £1.5 million available to UK businesses to develop novel adaptive autonomous...
Posted: 1 September 2014
Melting ice Four NOC scientists have contributed to a study of satellite data from the last 19 years which has revealed that fresh water from melting glaciers has caused the sea-level around the coast of...