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Posted: 28 February 2024
Sea ice breaking up in spring. Near Kulusuk, Greenland. iStock.com/ steve_is_on_holiday A study by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered a chain of events that leads to hotter and drier European summers. This means European weather may be predictable months to years...
Posted: 15 February 2024
Image of students on a video call The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is delighted to once again be hosting the collaborative West P&I Science Bursary to empower students and early career researchers in the field of marine...
Posted: 9 February 2024
Dr Elena García-Martín Phytoplankton are microscopic organisms including bacteria, algae and animals that drift with the ocean currents. Although tiny, they play a very important role in the regulation of our climate...
Posted: 8 February 2024
Image credit: Climate Reanalyzer (n.d.). [Monthly Sea Surface Temperature]. Climate Change Institute, University of Maine. Retrieved [Feb 08, 2023], from https://climatereanalyzer.org/ New data revealed that sea surface temperatures (SST) have already exceeded the record highs of 2023. Commenting on the news, Dr Joel Hirschi, Associate Head of Marine Systems Modelling...
Posted: 2 February 2024
Image: Particle or sediment traps are funnel-shaped devices that capture sinking particles New research led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has shown a significant time difference in the rate of particles sinking to the bottom of the ocean, and why this occurs. The study,...