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Dr Nathan Briggs
Our ocean offers a potential buffer against climate change. It takes up and stores carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a process known as the biological carbon pump. Without life in the ocean providing this pump scientists think atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations could be 50% higher than…
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RRS Discovery arriving in Rosyth for refit. Image Credit: Brian Donovan
The RRS Discovery is the first UK Royal Research Ship to be refitted in Babcock’s Rosyth facilities as part of the Government’s £45 million award to maintain its flagship scientific research vesselsThe UK’s leading ocean research institution, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is celebrating…
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Artists impression of HydroGNSS satellite in orbit. Credit: SSTL
An ambitious new programme co-led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will enable reliable and cost-effective measurements of Earth from space. The mission will enable a wealth of open-access environmental data including ocean winds and sea-ice. The data will be vital to help scientists…
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Hurricane Ian caused flood losses estimated at between $8–18bn. Image: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
New research shows a 40% rise in hurricane rainfall rate over land for a 1°C rise in tropical Atlantic Ocean temperatures. In recent years, there have been increasing losses from freshwater flooding associated with United States landfalling hurricanes. The study is set to improve hurricane…
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With a Vampire Squid (from hell) and a model of 'Boaty McBoatface'; the Historic Dockyard Chatham are about to showcase an exhibition of treasures from the National Oceanography (NOC) that has been described as the most technically sophisticated and lavish sea monster-themed showcase ever produced.…