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Projected annual mean Sea Surface Temperature change between 2000–2019 and 2079–98.
The last 40 years have seen temperatures in UK seas rise by more than a degree.UK seas are predicted to warm by more than three degrees Celsius by 2100.Large increase in marine heat waves can have profound effects on global marine ecosystems.Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC)…
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Dr Kiko Calafat
Extreme sea-level events are an ever-growing threat to coastal communities across our planet due to rising seas. NOC scientists are at the cutting edge of research into why our sea-levels are rising, the likelihood of resulting extreme events and cutting-edge solutions to protect our coastlines.…
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National Oceanography Centre’s Associate Director of Digital Ocean, Dr John Siddorn
The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence (AI), has today launched a ground-breaking Turing Research and Innovation Cluster focusing on digital twins (TRIC-DT). The National Oceanography Centre’s Associate Director of Digital Ocean, Dr John…
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The crew circumnavigating the A76a iceberg onboard the RRS Discovery
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is set to manage multiple international world leading science research expeditions in 2023. Recent expeditions include the DY158 expedition which circumnavigated the A76a megaberg. The RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook provide first class…
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It’s International Women’s Day tomorrow (8 March) and we’re excited to share with you the NOC activities happening this week in celebration. Webinar: Supporting girls to pursue an education and career in STEM Dr Elena Garcia-Martin Elena will be an expert guest speaker this Thursday at a Southern…
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Alan Evans in the UK seat for the New York negotiations
Following reports on the signing of the High Seas Treaty, NOC’s Alan Evans Member of the UK Delegation at the negotiations, gave this comment. “A critical outcome of the new Treaty is the ability to more readily realise the target of establishing 30% of the global ocean as marine protected areas (…
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Overtopping water about to impact the WireWall system during a trial deployment at Crosby.
Coastal overtopping can cause flooding and pose a hazard to people, property and infrastructure. NOC have developed a novel coastal wave overtopping system "WireWall" that can measure the speed and volume of overtopping water on a wave-by-wave basis for the very first time. The ability to measure…