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Professor Sir David King will chair the National Oceanography Centre’s newly formed Advisory Council. The inaugural meeting took place on Monday 12 January at the Institute of Physics in London, where Terms of Reference were agreed.

Lionfish research in Bonaire –  19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –

by Fadilah Ali –

The House of Commons Select Committee for Energy and Climate Change has published its Second Report ‘UK Deepwater Drilling – Implications of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill’.

Professor Philip Woodworth of the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool has been awarded an MBE in the 2011 New Year’s Honours List.

Peter Winter, the National Oceanography Centre’s new Director of Planning and Resources, takes up his post this week.

6 January 2011 – Celebrating a decade of dedication – 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton –

Talk by Rachel Boschen

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and its partners featured strongly in the Society for Underwater Technology’s 2010 awards, which were recently presented at the SUT Annual General Meeting onboard the Guild of Master Mariners Headquarters Ship Wellington.

Professor Harry Bryden of the University of Southampton’s School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Earth sciences.

7 October 2010 - X-ray and CT-scanning: 'from patients to polychaetes' by John Dinley and Dr Arnie Drury

On the 8th November 1895, Wilhelm Rontgen discovered the X-ray. The developments of this discovery heralded a new era of medical diagnosis and treatment.

Fishing for sustainable seafood - 2 September 2010 - National Oceanography Centre in Southampton - 19:30pm -

Jolyon Chesworth -