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Posted: 29 May 2014
Dr Brian King with Argo Float A recording of a recent webinar on Argo – Revolution and Evolution given by Dr Brian King, a member of the Argo Steering Team based at the National Oceanography Centre, is now available online...
Posted: 28 May 2014
Dr Russell Wynn Dr Russell Wynn has been appointed to a twelve-strong advisory group which will be responsible for recommending how some of the Natural Environment Research Council’s (NERC) funding should be...
Posted: 27 May 2014
Ophthalmosaurid 5 June 2014 – Gareth Dyke Fossil marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs Just a few groups of reptiles live in the worlds oceans today. Back in time – in the age of dinosaurs around 100...
Posted: 23 May 2014
HRC User Interface 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...
Posted: 22 May 2014
Dr Elizabeth Kent being presented with the Adrian Gill Prize by Professor Joanna Haigh, President of the RMS 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. Dr Elizabeth Kent, from the UK...
Posted: 20 May 2014
Collecting core samples from a salt marsh on the Newtown Estuary on the Isle of Wight (photo courtesy of Margot Saher) A recent study has shown there is regional variation in sea-level change on the eastern and western North Atlantic and therefore no single site is representative of the ocean-wide trends....
Posted: 19 May 2014
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is pleased to announce a two-year partnership with the Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology (IMarEST). Engaging with the global marine...
Posted: 12 May 2014
Tide gauge at Gladstone Lock, Liverpool Scientists have developed a new method for revealing how sea levels might rise around the world throughout the 21st century to address the controversial topic of whether the rate of sea level rise...
Posted: 8 May 2014
Deploying a new replacement mooring – scientists will extract the data when it is recovered later (courtesy of Ben Moat) 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...
Posted: 1 May 2014
Marine litter The National Oceanography Centre has been involved in a major new survey of the seafloor that has found that even in the deepest ocean depths you can find bottles, plastic bags, fishing nets and...
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