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This week, the 2017 Ministerial Meeting on Science takes place in Turin, Italy. Ministers and senior officials from across the G7 congratulated the G7 Future of the Seas and Oceans Working Group on the significant progress it has made since Ministers last met in May 2016. The Working Group, which…
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Prof. Mike Roberts at the Official Opening
Last week, the NOC’s Associate Director for Innovation and Enterprise, Kevin Forshaw attended the opening of the new Ocean Sciences Campus at the Nelson Mandela University (NMU) – South Africa’s first and only campus dedicated to marine research and technology. In establishing and running the Ocean…
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Tomorrow morning the royal research ship (RRS) Discovery will leave Southampton for an ambitious science expedition to the waters around South Georgia.This expedition will take place around 100 years after the Discovery committee was set up and later commissioned a series of investigations in the…
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The 1st International Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges and Coastal Hazards hosted by the NOC and organised together with Environment Canada and the University of North Florida has been a highly successful event. Welcoming over 160 delegates from 27 countries the workshop provided a forum to…
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Talking to the BBC about the recent hurricanes, NOC’s Professor Judith Wolf, said “This year’s hurricane season is worse than usual, at least the worst since 2005 when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. We cannot attribute this directly to climate change – there are large changes in the number and…
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Glider ballasting ready for deployments later this year
NOC oceanographer Dr Stephanie Henson has been awarded a major research grant from the European Research Council (ERC). GOCART (Gauging Ocean organic Carbon fluxes using Autonomous Robotic Technologies) is an ambitious 5-year project that will use autonomous underwater vehicles to investigate the…
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This week, NOC representatives will be attending Europe’s leading offshore exploration and production event, SPE Offshore Europe. NOC will also be presenting at the following session: Session: Assessment of ecosystems, use of technology and new approaches to decommissioning of offshore structures 6…