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The National Oceanography Centre has this week published the National Marine Facilities (NMF) Technology Roadmap 2020–21, which outlines current capabilities, and looks to the future of oceanographic science and the technology that will take us there. The NMF Technology Road Map acts as a focus for…
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Funding has been announced for a major project aimed at improving understanding of an ocean region important for climate predictability. The SNAP-DRAGON project will see NOC scientists work alongside colleagues from Oxford, Southampton, Reading, Liverpool, Oban, and the US, to study the subpolar…
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An in-situ image of <em>Moanammina</em> from Jennifer Durden and Craig Smith as part of the DeepCCZ Project
Two new genera and four new species of giant, single-celled xenophyophores (protozoans belonging to a group called the foraminifera) were discovered in the deep Pacific Ocean during a joint project between scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, UK (NOC), the University of Hawai’i, and the…
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Upper Channel 3D Perspective.
New research led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered how fast-moving waterfalls under the sea control the shape and behaviour of submarine channels. These underwater channels are the offshore equivalents of rivers, but can be much larger. Submarine channels can extend for tens…
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The National Oceanography Centre this week announced the expert session chairs for this year’s Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS 2020), scheduled to take place from 10-12 November.  Registration is now open - see https://mats2020.vfairs.com for full details. Over the last…