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Posted: 22 December 2014
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...
Posted: 22 December 2014
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...
Posted: 19 December 2014
Osborne Bay 8 January 2015 – Dr Tim Ferrero, Head of Marine Conservation, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – Mud, Maps and Marine Conservation Zones: The role of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight...
Posted: 10 December 2014
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)....
Posted: 9 December 2014
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...
Posted: 8 December 2014
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...
Posted: 8 December 2014
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...
Posted: 2 December 2014
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...
Posted: 2 December 2014
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...