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Satellite image of the Pearl River Delta.
A study in the Pearl River Delta in China could greatly assist in providing much needed flood defences for major cities such as Guangzhou Mangrove trees allow excellent protection, but scientists are now able to predict best location for them to provide maximum protection First study to show how…
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NOC’s eight new ambassadors
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has announced eight incredible new ambassadors from a broad range of industries, who will support and promote its vital work in understanding the planet’s ocean and its role in regulating and sustaining the planet. As we face a dramatic decline in the health…
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Hon Dr Natalio Wheatley, Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and colleagues from the BVI London Office meet with NOC.
Last week the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) was delighted to meet with the Hon Dr Natalio Wheatley, Premier of the British Virgin Islands (BVI), who was accompanied by colleagues from the BVI London Office. During the meeting, NOC presented a historic account of our long-standing relationship…
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Environment, Coastal & Offshore (ECO) Magazine, an international applied marine science trade publication, today announced details of its three-part Deep Dive series of special editions in collaboration with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Schmidt Ocean Institute. Each digital issue…
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Changes in the Mediterranean: orange arrows are winter sea surface temperature, red arrows are air temperature, dark blue arrows are sea-air temperature difference (numbers denote differences, 1986–2020 minus 1951–1985). Map of atmospheric pressure changes; orange indicates unusually high pressure.
A leading scientist at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered that changes taking place in the way the ocean and atmosphere interact in the Mediterranean Sea are threatening the normal connection between the upper and deep ocean layers in this region. Professor Simon Josey, from the…
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The UK is at the forefront of a global shift to using high-tech robots to explore the ocean. The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) BIO-Carbon programme is investigating how marine life stores carbon dioxide (CO2). Alongside the ship-based research in 2024 a fleet of autonomous robots,…
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A new project led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will unlock new capability of an innovative satellite mapping technique to enable better large-scale management of intertidal zones.The European Space Agency funded EO for a Resilient Society: Intertidal Topography Mapping in the temporal…
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Seagrass meadow
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is thrilled to announce a new partnership with environmental consultancy Beyondly (formerly Comply Direct) to further ocean carbon research in the UK. Beyondly’s generous donation of £25,000 to NOC’s Blue Carbon Fund will support the carbon coring…
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Socio-oceanography is an emerging area of research which takes a “whole system” approach to the marine environment by explicitly factoring in human society. It focuses on the challenges which require advancement of both natural and social science components, especially on those where the feedbacks…
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The National Oceanography Centre congratulates Pauline Weatherall who works at NOC in Liverpool on the award of an MBE for services to bathymetry (sea bed mapping) in the 2023 New Year’s Honours List. Pauline works as the Digital Atlas Manager for the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO)…