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Efforts to restore the environment of Chesapeake Bay, one the largest estuaries in the world, are paying dividends according to new research. The findings suggest that reduced nutrient inputs and improved water clarity have resulted in increased abundance and diversity of submerged vegetation, with reductions in the proportion of exotic species.

Climate change topic of keynote marine science talk.

The impact of climate change on humans is the subject of a lecture that forms the centerpiece of a key conference on the challenges facing the ocean environment.

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

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First day cover stamps commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) have been presented to the National Oceanographic Library (NOL) based at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton.

Scientists in Southampton, UK, and Ulm and Karlsruhe in Germany have shown that a variant form of a fluorescent protein (FP) originally isolated from a reef coral has excellent properties as a marker protein for super-resolution microscopy in live cells.

University of Southampton scientists based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, along with US and Indonesian collaborators have uncovered clues as to why some undersea earthquakes generate huge tsunamis. Their findings may help explain why the 2004 Sumatra ‘Boxing Day Tsunami’ was so devastating.

The challenges facing the ocean environment in the 21st Century are the subject of a key conference later this year.

Preparations are under way for the 14th Biennial Challenger Conference for Marine Science, which takes place at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, from 6–9 September 2010.

Deep sea hydrothermal vents – a journey to the Southern Ocean

by Leigh Marsh and Laura Hepburn

Even in the dark abyss of the deep ocean animal communities can undergo rapid, widespread and radical changes. Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre are at the forefront of monitoring these changes and understanding the mechanisms responsible. Their latest research is published in a special issue of the journal Deep Sea Research II.

Autosub3, a robot submarine operated by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), has been instrumental in revealing reasons for steady thinning of a vast glacier in Western Antarctica over recent decades.