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NEMO model
Preliminary insights into the potential pathway of the plane wreckage that washed up on Reunion Island yesterday morning, thought to be from the missing MH370 flight, is provided by researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).
 If a plane crashed into the South East Indian Ocean, any…
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The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has affirmed its decision to proceed to the next stage of a process considering changes in the ownership and governance of the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). NERC made this decision at its most recent Council meeting in mid-July. NERC Council…
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Sustained ocean observing for the next decade
14 – 18 September 2015 – Galway, Ireland Registration : www.gaic2015.org/registration Further information: www.gaic2015.org The conveners have great pleasure in announcing a science meeting to bring together participants in GO-SHIP, Argo and IOCCP, with the particular purpose of reviewing and…
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NOC Industry Showcase, Liverpool
29 September 2015 – To be held at the Foresight Centre, Liverpool – free to attend The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is the UK’s leading institute for integrated ocean research and technology development from the coast to Deep Ocean. We have a strong track record of engaging with companies,…
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Waveglider and Socum glider
The final phase of a competition to develop novel Adaptive Autonomous Ocean Sampling Network (AAOSN) management systems for the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is now underway. Two UK consortia will move forward to develop systems capable of coordinating a suite of marine autonomous vehicles…
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New glider workshop
The National Oceanography Centre’s Marine Autonomous and Robotic Systems (MARS) Innovation Centre reached its completion this week.The £3 million centre, which was part funded through the Government’s ‘Eight Great Technologies’ initiative, will see marine businesses working alongside the NOC’s own…
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Offshore Wind Turbines
Winds of Change – Meeting the challenges of the Offshore Wind Industry 10 July at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton Visit the Eventbrite website for details and to register The agenda with details of sessions and speakers will be circulated later this week.  
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BRIDGES glider
19 partners from across Europe have come together to develop Europe’s first ultra-deep-sea robot glider. This glider will be capable of sampling the ocean autonomously at depths of 5000m, and maybe more in the future, for up to three months at a time. This project, which includes the National…
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Steve Hall
On 24 June at the 28th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly in Paris, Steve Hall, Head of the NOC’s International and Strategic Partnerships Office, was elected as Vice-Chair of the Intergovernmental Commission of UNESCO. The IOC acts as the custodian of ocean…
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Losactis feeding
The surprising culinary preferences of an abyssal sea anemone have been unveiled by a team of scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). New time-lapse photography of the abyssal sea floor shows that this type of anemone can eat animals up to six times its weight and moves around the…
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Monitoring by divers (credit: Henrik Stahl of SAMS)
A significant step has been made for potential Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) deployment, with the publication of the results from the world’s first experiment into the realistic simulation of the potential environmental impact of a submarine CO2 leakage. These results were published in a…