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Posted: 24 June 2019
Dr Penny Holliday and Dr Christine Gommenginger Two NOC scientists, Dr Penny Holliday and Dr Christine Gommenginger, were awarded the title of Honorary Professorial Fellow from the University of Southampton for their personal achievements and...
Posted: 24 June 2019
On Friday 21 June the RRS Discovery departed Southampton for this year’s annual research expedition to the Porcupine Abyssal Plain sustained ocean observatory (PAP-SO) in the northeast Atlantic...
Posted: 19 June 2019
Autosub 6000 The NOC is part of a team of marine scientists from countries bordering the north and south Atlantic Ocean, assessing the health of deep sea ecosystems. They will determine the resilience of both the...
Posted: 18 June 2019
ALR being recovered in the South Atlantic The first mission involving the NOC-developed autonomous submarine vehicle Autosub Long Range (ALR, known around the world as Boaty McBoatface) has for the first time shed light on a key process...
Posted: 11 June 2019
Navigating The Future V Leading ocean experts, including from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), have launched a new publication, titled Navigating the Future V (NFV), which will provide European governments with...
Posted: 6 June 2019
Allied troops landing on the beaches Prior to the landings on 6 June 1944 on the Normandy beaches, a small research group was formed in the Admiralty Research Laboratory at Teddington in Middlesex. Weather and wave prediction had...
Posted: 6 June 2019
The NOC has received a Microsoft AI for Earth grant to predict wave sea states in the North Atlantic by using deep learning. AI for Earth is a Microsoft programme offering cloud and AI computing...
Posted: 4 June 2019
UB’s President Professor Emeritus Clement Sankat and the NOC's Stacey Felgate at the signing The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and University of Belize (UB) formalised their relationship by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 30 May 2019. This partnership will see the two...