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JOIDES Resolution

Video of deep-ocean drilling research will be featured at this year’s 2012 AGU meeting in California, including the debut of a new 20-minute documentary of the expedition in the Atlantic this summer.

Shot, edited and broadcast while on board the research drill ship, JOIDES Resolution, the videos featured scientists working to retrieve…

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A red tide in Empress Dock, Southampton

A team of scientists have won over £1 million from the Natural Environment Research Council to monitor the effect of storms on pollution in a river / estuary in Hampshire.

Excess concentrations of phosphate and nitrate in river water originating from fields, crops and sewers are some of the major pollutants affecting Britain’s rivers and estuaries.…

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ROV Isis

Statement by the National Oceanography Centre: The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, can confirm that there has been an incident involving the RRS James Cook in which the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Isis came into contact with the ship’s port propeller.

The accident occurred during ROV deployment…