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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.

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.

Deep sea hydrothermal vents: a journey to the Southern Ocean – part II, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –

by Leigh Marsh and Laura Hepburn –

Phytoplankton and the global ocean – 2 June, 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –

by Thomas Ryan-Keogh –

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.

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.

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.

Understanding the scientific basis of climate change – 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –

by Prof Eelco Rohling –

Is climate change real? Is it man made? Is it a problem?

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.

Ocean and Earth Day is on Saturday 19 March 2011
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (through Dock Gate 4)
10:30am – 4:00pm (last admission 3:30pm)

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.