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Posted: 28 May 2020
Huw Gullick The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Huw Gullick who joins us this August as Managing Director of NOC Innovations and Associate Director of Strategic...
Posted: 19 May 2020
A cold-water coral reef of <em>Desmophyllum pertusum</em> at ca. 750 m water depth. New research from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) shows that biodiversity and cold-water coral presence in deep-sea canyons are linked to elevated current speeds and canyon topography. The...
Posted: 1 May 2020
Simplified graphic showing how seafloor currents create microplastics hotspots in the deep-sea New research has revealed the highest levels of microplastic yet recorded on the seafloor, with up to 1.9 million pieces in an area of just one square metre. Published this week in the journal...