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The National Oceanography Centre is participating in a major Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) training initiative announced by the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts.

The National Oceanography Centre will lead the UK component of two projects to monitor the crucial ocean currents in the North Atlantic which shape Britain’s climate.

Science Minister David Willetts announced the projects this week  when he delivered the Mountbatten Memorial Lecture at the Royal Institution.

A team of British scientists is making final preparations for an ambitious science mission that will use the National Oceanography Centre-provided Autosub underwater vehicle to monitor recent ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

NOC has been successful in gaining European funding awards to train young scientists.

The National Oceanography Centre has congratulated its Delivery Partner, the Marine Biological Association (MBA) on its award of the Royal Charter.

The report on marine science in the UK, by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, is published today (Thursday 23 April 2013).

The National Oceanography Centre’s Executive Director, Professor Ed Hill, gave evidence to the committee last December.

Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have identified a repeating trigger for the largest explosive volcanic eruptions on Earth.

NOC scientists are carrying out research examining methane outputs from the seabed in the area of the Svalbard archipelago, off Norway

A team of scientists, including University of Southampton scientists who are based at the National Oceanography Centre, have shed new light on the world’s history of climate change.

Research from the University of Southampton and the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton has found that an imbalance of nutrients in reef waters can increase the bleaching susceptibility of reef corals.