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Posted: 19 September 2011
A unique, round-the-world sailing expedition that will monitor the marine environment in all the Earth’s oceans, starts from La Spezia, Northern Italy on Saturday 24 September. The yacht,...
Posted: 5 September 2011
Robot carrying seismic recorder is launched towards the seabed A shipboard expedition off Norway, to determine how methane escapes from beneath the Arctic seabed, has discovered widespread pockets of the gas and numerous channels that allow it to reach the...
Posted: 5 September 2011
The percentage of successful bids for Natural Environment Research Council research funding by the National Oceanography Centre has received special mention in the most recent edition of the...
Posted: 5 September 2011
Launching DASI The science marathon is arriving to its last stage. A marathon is not an explosive running in which you just think about running at fast as possible, it requires a complete control of the time and...
Posted: 2 September 2011
OBEM octopus Another grey, cold and exciting day in the Arctic. Today, SYSIF (our deep towed sonar system) have a day off and it is now the turn for our air-gun (a bubbles powerful weapon) and our 60-metre...
Posted: 2 September 2011
Dolphins accompanying the James Cook on her way back to Falmouth (courtesy of Leighton Rolley) Our cruise to the PAP site has finally come to an end and after a successful couple of days at the Porcupine Seabight the James Cook steamed back to Falmouth. Although everyone was excited by the...