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Setting out
The mission saw an unmanned underwater glider travel to an area around 50 miles to the south west of Wales called the Celtic Deep, which is a haven for wildlife but also an extremely busy shipping route and fishing ground. The glider travelled 600 km in 30 days, undertaking nearly 3000 dives from…
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An image of a submarine chimney structure from the University of Southampton
NOC scientists are playing a key role investigating the risks of leaks from carbon dioxide (CO2) storage reservoirs situated under the seabed. Researchers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will work with academics at the University of Southampton, who are leading the project, and the…
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NVESTINBLUE – a unique two day event promoting UK maritime infrastructure development, high technology projects, products, systems and services to the world. The event will demonstrate why maritime infrastructure development projects are essential to maintaining and instigating growth in the…
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14-17 June 2016, Southampton The NOC will be based on Stand PY48 throughout the show discussing how it is currently working in partnership with marine businesses. Working with our partners the NOC provides large scale, long-term, marine science capability including: major facilities, sustained…
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Current expeditions RRS James Cook and RRS Discovery are both currently undergoing refit works. See the expedition pages for more information. RRS James Cook and Blue Mining The Blue Mining project is an ambitious €12M international programme to study processes of formation and preservation of…
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Deep, cold water coral image taken by NOC’s ROV
One hundred and sixty scientists will descend on Winchester this week as part of a globally significant meeting to address the challenges in submarine habitat mapping. The meeting, called GeoHab, is being held in Winchester Guildhall between the 2nd of May and 6th of May and has attracted…