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NOC’s robot fleet
During half term, 28–30 October, some of the fleet of robots currently exploring the ocean off the coast of the Isles of Scilly will be on display at the Science Museum in London. Running from the 28–30 October, The Antenna Live: Sea Drones three day event gives the public the chance to see first…
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Periphylla periphylla being eaten by squat lobsters (Munida tenuimana)
Innovative experiments carried out by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and abroad show that dead jellyfish contribute to the deep-sea food chain, unlike previously thought. Researchers from the UK, Norway and Hawaii deployed lander systems to look at how scavengers responded…
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Prof Ed Hill addresses the conference
Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts, including representatives from the National Oceanography Centre, have agreed a common vision of priorities for marine research and action until 2020. They published the Rome Declaration at the EurOCEAN 2014 conference in Italy – an…
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The Thames Barrier
A paper published today by NOC scientist Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva provides valuable new information about the probability of a sea-level rise reaching of 180cm by 2100. In this study, in Environmental Research Letters, Dr Jevrejeva and colleagues explore the range of possible sea level rise by 2100…
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The head of the National Oceanography Centre, Professor Ed Hill, will be one of the keynote speakers at the eighth international EurOCEAN 2014 conference, which will be setting a sea and ocean research agenda for Europe. The two and a half day event will be attended by marine researchers,…
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Towing Waveglider
A fleet of seven robotic vehicles were launched into the ocean off southwest England this week, in the most ambitious project of its kind in Europe. The vehicles are aiming to travel up to 300 miles over the next 20 days, and will be collecting scientific data about ocean processes and marine life…