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Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase promotional image
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is calling for abstract submissions for this year’s Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS 2021) which is scheduled to take place from 9–11 November. Last year’s event was the first to be held completely online as a result of the ongoing pandemic.…
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Glider deployed from the RRS James Cook
New images released today show the UK’s National Oceanography Centre launching a robotic underwater glider from the RRS James Cook, marking the start of a four-month mission to investigate the massive A-68a iceberg in the South Atlantic, one of the largest icebergs ever identified by scientists.The…
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A satellite image of Hurricane Humberto, west of Bermuda, U.S., September 17, 2019. Photo courtesy: NOAA/Handout via Reuters
New research shows that hurricane intensity in the subtropical Atlantic around Bermuda has more than doubled over the last 60 years due to rising ocean temperatures in the region. Hurricanes intensify by extracting energy from the warm ocean surface via air-sea heat fluxes, so a warmer ocean can…
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The MSCC’s The Ocean in a Changing Climate statement
The UK Marine Science Co-ordination Committee (MSCC), of which the NOC is a member, has this week highlighted the importance of the ocean and climate change through the issue of a joint public statement. This statement, endorsed by all MSCC members, reveals the impacts of marine climate change,…
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RRS James Cook
The ship’s crew and NOC researchers on board RRS James Cook were joined by scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) this week as their quarantine ended ahead of the expedition to the massive A-68a iceberg in the South Atlantic. The ship has now departed the Falkland Islands bound for the…