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Ocean: Exploring the Marine World
A brand new richly illustrated celebration of the world’s oceans and seas, developed in consultation with an international panel of experts including the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Dr Tammy Horton, is now available for pre-order. Ocean: Exploring the Marine World presents a remarkable…
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Dr Maaten Furlong
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), one of the world’s top ocean science organisations for research and innovation, has appointed a global expert in autonomous and robotics development to lead the UK’s national marine research facility. Dr Maaten Furlong, who has been appointed the position of…
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The latest annual report shows the continuation of warmer than average years and increasing rate of sea level rise around the UK.The State of the UK Climate 2021 report reviews the climate and significant meteorological events of the year across the UK. This year’s report continues to show the…
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Dr Mike Clare working in the NOC's British Ocean Sediment Core Research Facility (BOSCORF)
The visible effects of plastic entering the ocean are sadly all too clear to us now, but what about the plastic we can’t see?Microplastics, plastic fibres and fragments that are between 1mm and 0.001mm, account for a significant proportion of ocean plastics. The NOC’s microplastics team carries out…
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Image: sensors being put in place. Image credit: Professor Pete Talling
Prompt action by scientists recovered sensors drifting across the Atlantic Ocean that held data on a seabed sediment avalanche that travelled for 1,100km to ocean depths of 4,500m. A study published earlier this week in Nature Communications shows that the data was recovered after anchors mooring…
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Creating an even more inclusive workplace culture is an ongoing priority for marine science institutions worldwide. Given the unique working environment of research ships and the potential to be at sea for weeks or even months, it is essential to promote positive values that instil respect for…
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RRS James Cook ready to set sail to to the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre.
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) will be embarking on an expedition to the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre to measure ocean changes and how they affect the UK’s weather systems. The new knowledge gained will have direct…
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Surface phytoplankton captures carbon, stores it in cell walls, and transfers it to the ocean deep after the algae die. How might the seasons affect this process? Image: NOAA National Ocean Service/Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Researchers at the University of Bristol, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and other UK institutions predict that the amount of carbon stored by microscopic plankton will increase in the coming century. Using the latest IPCC models (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), the team expects…
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The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the West of England P&I Club (West P&I) are proud to introduce Adeola Dahunsi and Selasi Yao Avornyo as the two students selected for the second year of our collaborative international bursary programme.Today Adeola and Selasi Yao have joined their…
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Global seafloor areas considered mapped in the GEBCO grid. Grey: mapped areas in the 2021 release. Red: additional coverage in the 2022 release. <em>Image: Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Global Center (GDACC) on behalf of Seabed 2030.</em>
The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, an international effort to chart the world’s entire ocean floor, has announced an increase in ocean data equating to the size of Europe.The latest GEBCO Grid figure now stands at 23.4%, reflecting an increase of 10.1 million square kilometres of new…
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NOC at the UN Ocean Conference
During the week 27 June to 1 July, representatives from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), UK participated in the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. The Conference focus was on SDG14 (Life Below Water) to Conserve and Sustainably use the Ocean, Sea and Marine Resources for Sustainable…
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During last week’s UN Ocean Conference, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO) launched a pilot “State of the Ocean Report”. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is pleased to have contributed expert…