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Posted: 1 November 2024
Socio-oceanography Workshop co-convenor Dr Katya Popova. The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is calling on scientists and researchers to participate in its fourth annual Socio-Oceanography Workshop, hosted in collaboration with the Marine Social Science Network.  This international event, set to take place at NOC’s Southampton site 26-28...
Posted: 29 October 2024
Mike Kane MP The future direction of the UK’s marine research infrastructure and how to succeed in taking on solo global ocean challenges are on the keynote billboard for this year’s tenth Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS), organiser the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has...
Posted: 24 October 2024
Leading European ocean scientists including Dr Katya Popova from the National Oceanography Centre ‘Protecting the ocean so that it continues to protect us’ Leading European ocean scientists, including Dr Katya Popova from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC), have launched Navigating the Future VI (NFVI), providing governments, policymakers, and funders with robust,...
Posted: 23 October 2024
Gillnet fishers from Mkunguni Kenya. CORDIO East Africa. New research supported by National Oceanography Centre (NOC) scientists has found that oceanographic connectivity (the movement and exchange of water between different parts of the ocean) is a key influence for fish abundance across the Western Indian Ocean (WIO).  Connectivity particularly...
Posted: 9 October 2024
A new programme announced today by Climate Impact Partners and Deloitte, in collaboration with Project Seagrass, will channel critical funding to A new programme announced today by Climate Impact Partners and Deloitte, in collaboration with Project Seagrass, will channel critical funding to the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to support UK seagrass restoration and unlock long-term finance to save and restore seagrass meadows...
Posted: 1 October 2024
Image by Michelle Raponi from Pixabay. A new study of regional climate data has highlighted a need for a region-specific focus on emerging climate change signals to underpin more effective local adaptation policies.  The study, co-authored by scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and published in Frontiers in...
Posted: 26 September 2024
The RRS James Cook. The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is trialling the use of a fossil-free marine diesel to fuel the Royal Research Ships (RRS) James Cook and Discovery. Use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), made from used vegetable oils and fats and non-food crops, is able to significantly...
Posted: 24 September 2024
Conrad Humphreys The future direction of the UK’s marine research infrastructure and how to succeed in taking on solo global ocean challenges are on the keynote billboard for this year’s tenth Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS), organiser the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has announced...
Posted: 20 September 2024
James Ketchell and Dr Ben Moat with an Argo float in Gosport marine. A British adventurer sailing single handed around the world – after first cycling and flying the earth’s circumference – has partnered with the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to add ocean science to his latest one-man mission. NOC ambassador James Ketchell will...
Posted: 20 September 2024
Sensor deployment during the latest 20th year milestone RAPID expedition from the RRS Discovery. Nearly 20 years of continuous data tracking the behaviour of a major system of ocean currents that underpins Western Europe’s mild climate is now available from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC). The data from the international RAPID programme, which has been observing the...
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