Ocean Business 2025 will run from April 8 to 10 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, U.K., featuring the latest ocean technologies, new product launches, dockside demonstrations and networking opportunities.
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Dr. Jon Blower, associate director at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre, reports on the latest developments in NOC’s ocean research.
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The countdown to Ocean Business 2023, the global technology and science exhibition for marine industries, is now on. The three-day event at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre is open to all visitors for free by registering online.
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Scientists have created a set of unique guidelines for image-based species identification to improve biodiversity data collection. Led by Dr. Tammy Horton at the U.K. National Oceanography Centre (NOC), the new guide provides rules for the use of open nomenclature signs in image-based biodiversity studies. The guidelines have been developed as a way of indicating the level of certainty in
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The mass of “invisible” microplastics found in the upper waters of the Atlantic Ocean is approximately 12 to 21 million tonnes, according to research published in the journal Nature Communications. Significantly, this figure is only for three of the most common types of plastic litter in a limited size range. Yet, it is comparable in magnitude to estimates of all plastic waste that
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New research led by the U.K. National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has discovered how fast-moving waterfalls under the sea control the shape and behavior of submarine channels. These underwater channels are the offshore equivalents of rivers, but can be much larger. Submarine channels can extend for tens to thousands of kilometers offshore, providing an important conduit for the transfer of sediment,
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