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Deployment of a glider during the expedition
  • Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have deployed ocean robots and moorings to collect key data in the Gulf Stream
  • Processes within the Gulf Stream are thought to play a key role in the uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere
  • Scientists are investigating how…
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The wave flume: setting up the acoustic systems

Professor Peter Thorne and Dr Richard Cooke of the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool travelled to Barcelona recently to take part in an international study on boundary layer sediment dynamics.

The boundary layer in this case refers to the layer of water next to the seabed. Here, flowing water mixes more vigorously than the ocean’s interior,…