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23 May 2025

NOC awarded £2.6 million to investigate expanding ocean desertification

Mersey river satellite map

Satellites help NOC track tidal change for safer navigation

12 May 2025
Subsea cable installation C.S Sovereign photo by Dan Bourne NOC

Natural hazards responsible for 25% of subsea cable damage, study finds

9 May 2025
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Ocean science takes centre stage at premiere of Ocean with David Attenborough

7 May 2025
Sunlight over English Channel and North Sea from ISS

Rolling updates 2025: NOC scientist tracks unfolding UK marine heatwave

6 May 2025
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NOC and Royal Navy renew MOU on autonomous maritime capabilities

30 April 2025
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Climate change could bring bigger storms and waves to UK and Ireland

30 April 2025
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National Oceanography Centre opening its doors for World Ocean Day

24 April 2025
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Scientists explore role of high-temperature fluid flow in explosivity of giant underwater volcanoes

21 April 2025
11 April 2025
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Underwater gliders provide new insights into the impact of a melting megaberg

Mark Hamson Innovation Hub Manager

NOC launches new Innovation Hub to power ocean tech and blue economy

9 April 2025
Autosub long range

European research institute to acquire NOC autonomous underwater vehicles

8 April 2025
James Cook at sea

Scientists discover deep-sea microplastic hotspots created by fast-moving underwater avalanches

4 April 2025
Adrian Shine

NOC ocean robot finds long lost Loch Ness monster camera trap

1 April 2025
Professor Christine Gommenginger, Dr Alejandra Sanchez-Franks and Dr Carl Spingys

NOC awarded £11m for climate tipping point early warning systems research

17 February 2025
Marine Snow Catcher

Southern Ocean study challenges key carbon pump theory

9 January 2025
Seaweed forest

Can seaweed help store CO2 on the ocean floor?

18 December 2023
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NOC to trial artificial intelligence

10 December 2021