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Dr Jenny Brown conducting fieldwork
As sea level rise accelerates, there is a greater need to protect those living closest to our coasts. Historically, coastal management strategies, such as the building of sea walls, have been reactive to extreme events. Now, more sustainable adaptive management strategies are sought. This new…
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Dr Adrian Martin
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has appointed a BIO-Carbon champion to lead a programme that will provide new insights into the role of marine life in ocean carbon storage. Dr Adrian Martin, Ocean Biogeochemist at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), will lead the five year…
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Two interns are completing their terms with the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Secretariat as a direct result of our contributions and our charitable commitment to educating and inspiring the next generation of change makers. Their efforts will benefit the delivery of the ISAs mandate to…
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Mr Alasdair Hamilton, Consul General, Auckland and Deputy Governor of the Pitcairn Islands
This week, Alan Evans, NOC Head of Marine Policy hosted Mr Alasdair Hamilton, Consul General, Auckland and Deputy Governor of the Pitcairn Islands. Mr Hamilton visited NOC to share information on the development of a new Marine Science Base and how the UK Government is providing investment in…
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Oceanography is a science that is highly dependent on observations and measurements to gain a better understanding of our changing seas.NOC’s Ocean Technology and Engineering (OTE) team are at the forefront of innovation in designing, creating and using novel sensors and instruments to collect…
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ALR ‘Boaty McBoatface’ fitted with BioCam
A recent mission that saw robot submarine Autosub Long Range (ALR), better known as ‘Boaty McBoatface’, explore and visually map end-of-life oil fields has been hailed a success, marking a key milestone in the marine survey industry transition towards net-zero targets.The mission, part of the…
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Carcasses of red crab <i>Pleuroncodes planipes</i> photographed by Autsub6000 during seabed surveys in the NE abyssal Pacific
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have made a surprise discovery of thousands of dead swimming crabs, 4,000 metres deep in the abyssal Pacific. NOC scientists, working in partnership the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and the Scottish Association for Marine…