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Working onboard RRS Discovery
Ten years of work into the transport of carbon from the surface ocean to the deep ocean interior, has been brought together in a landmark paper published in Geophysical Research Letters. This research shows that multiple mechanisms drive carbon flux into the ocean interior, with different…
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RRS James Clark Ross
The Southern Ocean encircles Antarctica and plays a key role in controlling the global climate. It is here that ocean currents return from the abyss to the surface, closing the global ocean overturning circulation. This circulation drives the poleward transport of heat, which is critical to the…
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Osborne Bay
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has agreed to proceed to the next stage of a process considering changes in the ownership and governance of the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). While no decision to change the status and move the centre out of NERC has been taken, the best option has…
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Geraint West receives the 'International Maritime Partner' award on behalf of NOC
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Southampton have been presented with the ‘International Maritime Partner’ award at the annual ‘BlueTech & Blue Economy’ summit in San Diego, in order to recognise their ongoing engagement with The Maritime Alliance. The summit,…
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Bioluminescence as a method of assessing fish stocks
Research by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) explores a promising new method of forecasting bioluminescence, which may improve the monitoring of movements in the ocean, such as fish shoals and internal waves. As fish move through the sea they churn the water around them. This movement…
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Earth from space: the North Atlantic, Tropical Pacific and Southern Ocean emerge as key areas involved in heat drawdown during the hiatus (http://aduphoto.com/earth-from-space-high-resolution-hd-images-3-hd-wallpaper.html)
New research, by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, shows that ocean heat uptake across three oceans is the likely cause of the ‘warming hiatus’ – the current decade-long slowdown in global surface warming. Using data from a range of state-of-the-art ocean and atmosphere models, the…
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Autonaut under tow
The second phase of an ambitious project to gather valuable information on ocean processes and marine life using a fleet of innovative marine robots has just reached its conclusion. Co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the Exploring Ocean Fronts project took place off southwest…
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Prof Ian Robinson
Monday 12 January 2015, 1.30pm – 6pm, Henry Charnock Lecture Theatre, National Oceanography Centre A workshop is taking place to mark the retirement and celebrate the achievements of Ian Robinson, Professor of Satellite Oceanography, and the lasting influence that he has had, and continues to…