1. Earth-Ocean system
  2. shelf and coastal processes
  3. shelf exchange

shelf exchange

Shelf seas subject of science meeting in Liverpool

Posted: 20 January 2014
Graphic depicting the shelf sea in relation to the land and the deep ocean

Last week, researchers convened in Liverpool to discuss a science programme investigating the shelf seas fringing the UK and Europe.

FASTNEt dye experiment video

Posted: 16 October 2013
FASTNEt scientists injecting dye into the water

The FASTNEt consortium is a four-year physical oceanography research programme that started on 1 October 2011. FASTNEt recognises that shelf seas are a critical interface, linking the terrestrial, atmospheric and oceanic carbon pools and acting as a physical gateway to key biogeochemical fluxes.