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Raymond shaking a dissolved oxygen sample on RRS Discovery cruise D253 in the North Atlantic, May 2001
The National Oceanography Centre is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Raymond Pollard on 14 December 2021. Raymond was a towering figure in oceanography who made major contributions to the subject, and who inspired and mentored many young scientists. To celebrate his career his colleagues at…
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The NOC remembers Emeritus Professor Philip Roy Pugh
The National Oceanography Centre is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Emeritus Professor Philip Roy Pugh on 24 November 2021.To celebrate his significant contributions to the global marine community, and his title as world authority on siphonophores, his colleagues at the NOC have compiled…
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UN Decade Logo
As the providers of the UK Delegation to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO), the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) would like to congratulate Professor Gideon Henderson on his appointment as a member of the first UN Ocean Decade Advisory Board. The Board, which…
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This winter, as part of the JERICO-RI European Infrastructure JERICO-S3 project, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will access the SmartBay Observatory. The main objective of this access is to demonstrate the use of fibre optics and artificial intelligence to unobtrusively record data on a…
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Six functions that will deliver the IOCs High Level Objectives with Capacity Development cross cutting all functions
At the 3rd meeting of the IOC Group of Experts on Capacity Development (GE-CD), held 1–2 December 2021, Alan Evans, National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Head of Marine Policy was re-elected, along with IOC Chair Ariel Troisi (Argentina), as co-Chair of the GE-CD. IOC-UNESCO is the UN body…
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Online mentoring with the Class of 2021
A new bursary made available by West of England P&I club (West P&I) and managed by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has had a highly successful first year, despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.West P&I, a leading insurance provider, partnered with the NOC last year to…
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The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are delighted to share a special issue of the scientific journal “Ocean and Coastal Management” (OCMA) which highlights observational and modelling studies addressing research challenges of the East African Coastal Current (EACC) region in thirteen open access…
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Autosub Long Range (ALR) better known as 'Boaty McBoatface' in water
Engineers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have headed out to the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica with renowned autonomous underwater vehicle, 'Boaty McBoatface', to help understand what is causing ice loss from the glacier and better predict how its deterioration could contribute to sea…
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The SeaDataCloud team at their annual meeting (Brest, 2019). Photo credit: Charles Troupin (GHER, University of Liège)
SeaDataCloud, a collaborative project involving the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC, part of the National Oceanography Centre), has today (2 December) been awarded a “les Etoiles de l’Europe” trophy. The award was presented by the French minister of Research and Innovation in Paris, as part…
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Staff have been sharing celebratory messages 'We got the silver'
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the Investors in People (IIP) silver accreditation – an accolade awarded to around 15% of organisations assessed. This is the first time the NOC has achieved Silver, and reflects the positive progress made…