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The NOC recently continued its public outreach and science communication activities at the BlueDot festival in Cheshire from the 19th to 22nd of July, via an interactive exhibit featuring projects using the MARS fleet of marine robots. The festival delivers a unique blend of science and arts set…
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A project led by ASV Global, working in partnership with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Sonardyne International Ltd and SeeByte, has successfully delivered a long endurance, multi-vehicle, autonomous marine survey solution. A recent two-week trial in Loch Ness was the culmination of the…
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Deployments and observations from RRS James Cook
On Friday 6 July, the RRS James Cook sailed into Southampton following a successful three-week expedition to the Celtic Shelf and Bay of Biscay, west of Cornwall. The voyage delivered a unique combination of first-class science, trials of novel marine robots, and training opportunities for…
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CLASS programme announced
A new five-year marine research programme called ‘Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science’ (CLASS) has been commissioned by NERC, to be delivered in partnership by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), Marine Biological…
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For the first time, the UK and Germany have joined forces to investigate the impact of climate change on the Arctic Ocean through a series of projects, two of which involve the NOC. The UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)…
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Failure to meet the United Nations’ 2ºC warming limits will lead to sea level rise and dire global economic consequences, new research has warned. Published today in Environmental Research Letters, a study led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) found flooding from rising sea levels could…
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An illustration of sea level annual cycle (SLAC)
A new link between processes in the open ocean and coastal sea-level has been revealed in a Nature Communications paper, published today by scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). The study found that fluctuations in the sea-level annual cycle along the Gulf and Southeast coasts of…