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RRS James Cook
Today the Royal Research ship (RRS) James Cook will embark on an expedition to discover new sources of the rare metals, critical for low carbon technologies. This forty day investigation will use robotic submarines, autonomous seafloor instruments and drilling to answer questions about what…
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Foraminiferal species from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE Atlantic (4850 m water depth).
New research by scientists at the NOC and the University of Southampton show that deep sea hills increase the biodiversity of forams - a very important group of shelled protozoans. It was published today in Progress in Oceanography. There are over 25 million of these hills on the ocean floor, each…
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Autosub Long Range
In March 2016 the Natural Environment Research Council launched a campaign to find a name for the UK’s next world-class polar research ship. One suggestion in particular captured the nation’s imagination and #BoatyMcBoatface was soon trending on Twitter and being talked about all over the world!…
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Read about Boaty’s upcoming adventures
A new yellow robot submarine, based at Southampton’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC), has been named Boaty McBoatface by Jo Johnson – Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation. The naming took place alongside the keel-laying ceremony of the UK’s new state-of-the-art…
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Submarine glider being recovered, accompanied by a rare Atlantic Wreckfish
A fleet of ten marine robots has successfully completed an ambitious two-week mission off northwest Scotland, despite being hit by a succession of Atlantic storms with winds gusting up to 60 mph and waves up to 7 m high. The mission comprised the largest simultaneous deployment of marine robots yet…
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26–27 September 2016 – more than 150 scientists and engineers from universities, research centres and businesses around the world will make their way to Southampton to take part in ‘Everyone’s Gliding Observatories’, the 7th international conference on autonomous ocean gliders and their…
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RRS Discovery in Liverpool
The RRS Discovery is in Liverpool this week as part of a unique celebration of the best of British environmental science being showcased by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) alongside the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). This state-of-the-art, 100-metre-long research vessel…
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Professor Janet Beer, Vice Chancellor of the University of Liverpool
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the University of Liverpool have renewed their formal working relationship with the signing of a new agreement on board RRS Discovery, which arrived in Liverpool on Tuesday morning for a series of public events. The two organisations have a long…
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Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase
The UK’s National Oceanography Centre is to host a brand new Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase in November this year. The week long programme of workshops, talks, demonstrations and networking builds on the success of our 2015 Marine Autonomy Showcase, and the launch of the Marine Robotics…
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NERC are bringing their science to the North West in a series of events during October. We live and breathe science. From the air in our lungs to whether of not it rains today, environmental science explains much of what happens to us. Did you know that air quality matters to your health? Or…