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Posted: 31 March 2011
Seastars and giant ribbon worms at McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, 32 metre depth (photo by R. B. Aronson) A team of scientists in the United Kingdom and the United States has warned that the  native fauna and unique ecology of the Southern Ocean, the vast body of water that surrounds the Antarctic...
Posted: 29 March 2011
Drilling vessel Chikyu with Mt Fuji behind (JAMSTEC) This spring, researchers including Professor Damon Teagle of the University of Southampton's School of Ocean and Earth Science, based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, will mark...
Posted: 28 March 2011
Sunset Professor Eric Achterberg, University of Southampton – Discovery 361 We have returned home this week from our UK GEOTRACES cruise in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The cruise (February 7-March...
Posted: 25 March 2011
2011 AAPG gold winners A team of five undergraduate MSci students studying at the School of Ocean and Earth Science based at the National Oceanography centre, Southampton, have been awarded gold at the 2011 American...
Posted: 21 March 2011
The NOC PV array during installation (the gaps between the panels allow the continued use of sky lights in the area) The start of the UK’s first national Climate Week on Monday 21 March is marked in Southampton with the unveiling of one of the largest solar power installations in the area. The National...
Posted: 17 March 2011
Ocean and Earth Day Ocean and Earth Day is on Saturday 19 March 2011 National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (through Dock Gate 4) 10:30am – 4:00pm (last admission 3:30pm) Visitors to Ocean and Earth Day...
Posted: 17 March 2011
Episodes of global warming occurred several times during the Palaeocene and Eocene epochs (65–34 million years ago) A research team including scientists from the University of Southampton’s School of Ocean and Earth Science (SOES) based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has uncovered the likely...
Posted: 15 March 2011
CTD sampling at night Dr Claire Mahaffey and Dr Sarah Reynolds, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK – Discovery 361 Hi, I’m Sarah Reynolds and I’m a post doctoral research associate...
Posted: 11 March 2011
Wave Tsunamis are long, powerful waves that are created by sub-sea earth movements – earthquakes, land and ice slips, meteor strikes. But not all Earth movements create these waves, many give little...
Posted: 11 March 2011
Anouska Panton Anouska Panton – Discovery 361 – 10.04°N, 28.40°W My name is Anouska Panton and I am a PhD student in the Nutrient Biogeochemistry lab at the University of Liverpool. My principal role on...
Posted: 8 March 2011
Trichodesmium colony from the tropical Atlantic Ocean Joe Snow – Discovery 361 – 02.00°N, 25.30°W My name is Joe Snow and I started my PhD in Southampton last September. In the six months that I’ve been at NOCS my time has been spend...
Posted: 8 March 2011
Tompot blenney (credit: Matt Doggett) Marine Conservation and the Solent – 19.30pm at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton – by Amy Dale – At first glance our local seas can often appear somewhat bleak and muddy so...