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An innovative marine robot, called ecoSUB, has been successfully trialled off the Orkney Isles in northern Scotland during a marine robot demonstrator mission co-ordinated by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC). The ecoSUBs are a new type of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) developed by…
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The WireWall project team were in Amsterdam in their posh frocks and dickie bows last week for the Dredging and Port Construction Awards 2018, where they were shortlisted for ‘Research Project / Team of the Year’ and ‘Environmental Port Project of the Year’ for the wave overtopping and coastal…
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From 12–16 Nov 2018, the National Oceanography Centre hosted the 24th On-Site Inspection (OSI) workshop of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO). Previous OSI workshops have mostly focused on underground events, but for the first time this…
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Last week (13–15 November) saw the NOC host the Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase 2018 (MATS-2018), which welcomed hundreds of delegates from across industry, academia, government, defence and beyond to the Southampton waterfront site. MATS-2018 was the fourth annual event focusing on the…
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RRS Discovery is currently sailing to remote waters beyond the southwest tip of Chile. This is part of an exciting project, led by the NOC, to understand how the Southern Ocean takes up and stores carbon from the atmosphere. The CUSTARD (Carbon Uptake and Seasonal Traits in Remineralisation Depth…
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The Interdisciplinary Southampton Partnership for Investigators Researching the Environment (INSPIRE) partnership, which the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is part of, has been awarded 80 PhD studentships over the next five years. Led by the University of Southampton, the INSPIRE Doctoral…
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On 29 October 2018, scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) began a multi-disciplinary program of fieldwork in Belize that aims to help characterise the impacts of changes in land-use management on coastal environments. This is a collaborative research program funded by the…
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To mark World Tsunami Awareness Day on 5 November 2018, NOC scientists have prepared this Q&A feature on potential tsunami risks to the UK and its citizens. NOC sea-level scientist, Dr Angela Hibbert, is the UK’s Tsunami National Contact, co-ordinating UK activity through the North East…
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PUBLIC EVENT. This is a free afternoon of fun, hands-on, educational displays all about ocean science (suitable for kids of all ages). Organisers of the European Marine Board’s Communication Conference ‘commOCEAN2018’ have invited international participants to bring along their best outreach tools…