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Recently published research led by the NOC is helping to inform sustainable fishing plans for the North Kenya Banks, which is viewed by the Kenyan government as the next frontier for food security of the coastal population. This research shows a relationship between the positioning of a confluence…
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A change in the routing of fresh water coming from the Arctic has led to a remarkable reduction in salinity in the North Atlantic Ocean west of the UK, according to research published this week in Nature Communications. An enormous area between UK and Iceland had record-breaking low salinity at the…
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‘Ocean Owners’ by Carolina Mendonca, Portugal
The NOC is supporting the international youth photo and video competition ‘I Live by the Sea’. The competition, which is open to enter until 13 March 2020, has four age categories: 5 to 12 13 to 15 16 to 18 19 to 21 Participants can submit a photo or film, along with a short text to…
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The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) has published a new business plan for 2019–2024. MEDIN’s vision is that all UK marine data is findable, accessible, interoperable and re-usable (FAIR), to increase the understanding of our marine environment and support the sustainable…
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On 19 January an international research expedition led by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will be sailing from Fort Lauderdale in the USA to conduct a high precision scientific survey along 24.5°N of the North Atlantic. The expedition team on board the NOC’s RRS James Cook…
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MCCIP Report Card 2020
NOC research forms part of a report on marine climate change impacts released today. This report summarises the latest evidence from 26 topics regarding the physical, ecological, and social and economic impacts of climate change on UK coasts and seas. The key findings There is clear evidence that…
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The NOC is returning to Oceanology International this year at London Excel (17–19 March 2020). We’ll have a new expanded exhibition stand, and a number of colleagues will be participating in conference sessions which are listed below. This page will be updated as further details are confirmed.…
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A spectacular new species of Antarctic deep-sea crustacean armed with spines, large claws and the raptorial mouthparts of a predator, has been described by National Oceanography Centre (NOC) taxonomists. The description of the species has been published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean…