science and technology

Two scientific papers with NOC scientists as lead authors have been published in June’s 50th anniversary special issue of Marine Geology, an international journal on marine geological processes.

German company OceanWaveS GmbH and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have signed a renewed and extended licence deal for X-band radar technology developed at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).

The Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) has presented Dr Elizabeth Kent with the prestigious Adrian Gill Prize at its Annual General Meeting in London this month.

The National Oceanography Centre’s remarkable RAPID project has reached a landmark ten years of continuous scientific measurement and knowledge advancement of a key component of the climate system.

The UK National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has signed a licence deal with Canadian company, Rockland Scientific International (RSI), giving RSI the rights to manufacture and sell a novel probe guard designed and tested by NOC engineers and scientists.

International expeditions and trials over a month-long period mean for the first time in the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) history, a total of 14 unmanned marine autonomous vehicles will have been deployed simultaneously.

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and institutions involved in developing offshore and subsea technology are urged to prepare now for the opportunity of testing their new product prototypes or use existing ones in the open sea, at no cost.

Autosub Long Range, a state-of-the-art autonomous underwater vehicle developed by the National Oceanography Centre, is about to be launched for a 30-day scientific expedition off the coast of Donegal in Ireland.

Members of the public have a negative view of climate engineering, the deliberate large-scale manipulation of the environment to counteract climate change, according to a new study.

A recent survey in the River Dee estuary of bedforms – the patterns of ripples and hollows that moving water creates on the seabed – has provided a comprehensive and valuable set of data for scientists at the National Oceanography Centre and several UK universities.