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Prof Ed Hill (right) with Sir Peter Middleton, Chancellor of the University of Sheffield

Professor Ed Hill , Executive Director of the National Oceanography Centre, receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield today.

Professor Hill is a physical oceanographer and an applied mathematics graduate of the University. He graduated from Sheffield in 1981 and completed his post-graduate studies at the University of Wales…

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Aidan Thorn, Lewis Rennison, Ed Hill, Chris Bath, Candice Snelling and Kate Davis at the awards ceremony

NOC came close to winning the aap3 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) category of the prestigious South Coast Business Awards earlier this month.

On Friday 15 July staff attended a prestigious award ceremony at the De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton, to see how the bid, put together by Candice Snelling, Environment and Energy Advisor,…

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Autosub6000 bathymetry image of giant seafloor scours at the mouth of Agadir Canyon, offshore Morocco

Researchers from the Marine Geoscience group at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) featured prominently at a recent conference held at the Geological Society in London, focused on submarine canyons and channels

Dr Russell Wynn, Head of Marine Geoscience, provided the opening keynote address on the study of modern channel systems. Some of…

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IOC 50th Anniversary

Luminaries from NOC and its predecessors received prestigious awards in Paris this week from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), which is celebrating its half-century this year.

Phil Woodworth (NOC), Lesley Rickards (BODC), Nic Flemming (formerly, IOS, NOCS and Chair of Eurogoos) and Meirion Jones (ex-Director of BODC) all received…

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Prof Ed Hill, Lord Marland and Bishop James

Lord Marland, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, learned about the National Oceanography Centre’s research and its role as a provider of national marine capability on a visit to Liverpool yesterday (Thursday 16 June). He was accompanied by The Right Reverend James Jones, the Lord Bishop of Liverpool.…

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Professor Philip Woodworth MBE (British Ceremonial Arts Ltd)

In recognition of his work as an international sea-level scientist, Professor Philip Woodworth of the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has recently visited Buckingham Palace to receive an MBE.

Over the last twenty years Professor Woodworth has led a team of NOC scientists working on predicting global and regional sea-level change.

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Discover Oceanography at Lyme Regis

RV Callista, the University of Southampton’s inshore research vessel based at National Oceanography Centre, set sail for the Jurassic Coast in deepest Dorset last weekend (29 April to 1 May) as a star attraction in the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2011.

This year’s festival, subtitled Marine Parade, celebrated the area’s Jurassic Sea heritage…

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Professors Ed Hill (Left) and Gwyn Griffiths

Professor Gwyn Griffiths has been announced as the National Oceanography Centre’s inaugural Chief Technologist. The announcement was made by Director of Science and Technology, Professor Andrew Willmott, at the Directorate’s symposium held in the Midlands in March.

There will only be one NOC Chief Technologist at any one time and the title signals…

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The NOC PV array during installation (the gaps between the panels allow the continued use of sky lights in the area)

The start of the UK’s first national Climate Week on Monday 21 March is marked in Southampton with the unveiling of one of the largest solar power installations in the area.

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has installed a 117kW Photo Voltaic (PV) array at its Southampton site as part of an ongoing drive to reduce its carbon footprint and save…

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Ocean and Earth Day

Ocean and Earth Day is on Saturday 19 March 2011
10.30am – 4.00pm (last admission 3.30pm)

National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (Dock Gate 4)

Visitors to Ocean and Earth Day can learn more about the impact of mankind on the oceans’ delicate ecosystems – and what NOCS is doing to reduce its carbon footprint.

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