Digital Ocean

New space mission to improve knowledge of our environment launching in 2024

Artists impression of HydroGNSS satellite in orbit. Credit: SSTL
  • An ambitious new programme co-led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) will enable reliable and cost-effective measurements of Earth from space.
  • The mission will enable a wealth of open-access environmental data including ocean winds and sea-ice.

John Siddorn appointed co-director of pioneering new digital twins initiative

National Oceanography Centre’s Associate Director of Digital Ocean, Dr John Siddorn

The Alan Turing Institute, the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence (AI), has today launched a ground-breaking Turing Research and Innovation Cluster focusing on digital twins (TRIC-DT).

New learning platform aims to boost geoscience for the UK and beyond

An online learning platform which aims to help researchers working in environmental sciences to develop new skills, share knowledge and build experience launches today (Tuesday 11 October 2022).

New report paves way for future environmental digital twins

A new report outlines key recommendations needed for future environmental Digital Twins if they are to fulfil their potential to be a step-change in the way we understand our evolving environment.

Amount of seafloor mapped rises to 23.4%

Global seafloor areas considered mapped in the GEBCO grid. Grey: mapped areas in the 2021 release. Red: additional coverage in the 2022 release. <em>Image: Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Global Center (GDACC) on behalf of Seabed 2030.</em>

The Nippon Foundation-GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project, an international effort to chart the world’s entire ocean floor, has announced an increase in ocean data equating to the size of Europe.

NOC contributes to pilot UN State of the Ocean Report

During last week’s UN Ocean Conference, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO) launched a pilot “State of the Ocean Report”.