Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science (CLASS)

Research expedition will assess the recovery of Scottish coral reef

A healthy cold water coral mount

On Friday 6 September a team of scientists and engineers, led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and University of Southampton, will set sail to revisit a deep, cold-water coral reef area 16 years after it was named a Marine Protected Area, to look for evidence the coral is regenerating.

NERC invests £22M in major new research programme focused on the Atlantic Ocean

CLASS programme announced

A new five-year marine research programme called ‘Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science’ (CLASS) has been commissioned by NERC, to be delivered in partnership by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SA

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