NOC Launches New Innovation Hub to Power Ocean Tech and Blue Economy

09.04.2025

The UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has unveiled an ambitious new Innovation Hub in Southampton, designed to accelerate advances in ocean technology and support sustainable growth across the blue economy.

NOC Ocean Robot Finds Long Lost Loch Ness Monster Camera Trap

31.03.2025

An ocean robot developed and operated by the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has made a chance encounter of a Nessie kind during engineering trials in Scotland’s famous Loch Ness.

NOC Developing Multi-parameter Miniature Sensor for Underwater Platforms

10.12.2024

Experts in the National Oceanography Centre’s (NOC) Ocean Technology and Engineering group will develop and then test the new SixSense package on autonomous underwater vehicles, including Autosub Long Range (ALR) and Slocum Glider platforms.

UK Future Marine Infrastructure in Focus at MATS

24.09.2024

The future direction of the UK’s marine research infrastructure and how to succeed in taking on solo global ocean challenges are on the keynote billboard for this year’s tenth Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase (MATS), organiser the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has announced. The event will run from November 5-7, at NOC’s dockside facilities in Southampton, with the NOC operated research vessel RRS James Cook due to be alongside.

National Subsea Centre and NOC Innovations Partner to Shape a Stronger Marine Future

06.08.2024

The National Subsea Centre (NSC), a centre of excellence for subsea research and technology development, today announced its newly formed partnership with NOC Innovations, a Southampton-based facility making cutting-edge marine research and tailor-made autonomous technology available to organisations around the globe.

EVENT: Explore Our Planet - Cardiff Bay, UK - 18-20 October 2024

19.07.2024

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) announced plans for a free public event ‘Archwiliwch ein planed - Explore our planet’ in partnership with the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and Techniquest, Cardiff. The event, will be from 18-20 October, based at Techniquest, additionally with a research ship available for the public to visit in Cardiff Bay. The event and activities aim to bring the world of environmental science to the public.

Support the National Oceanography Centre Cycle Challenge

12.04.2024

Staff and members of the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) are embarking on an epic cycle challenge to raise funds for their pioneering ocean research. They are looking for organisations to sponsor the event – could this be you?

Can Seaweed Help Store CO2 on the Ocean Floor?

21.12.2023

Scientists from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC), in collaboration with Seafields, Integrated Environmental Solutions (INES) and the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus Barbados (UWI), have started a project in the Caribbean to improve our understanding of the potential effects of using seaweed to store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The project is co-funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Fully Autonomous Survey of Marine Protected Area Collects High Resolution Seafloor Imagery

20.12.2023

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC), working with the University of Southampton and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), recently completed a Fully Autonomous Marine Protected Area Seafloor Survey. This survey will help us understand the suitability of using autonomous underwater vehicles for UK offshore marine monitoring, and establish to what extent such systems can help the UK Government meet its increasing marine monitoring ambitions.

United Nations Endorses the BORA Blue Ocean Research Alliance Programme

02.08.2023

The UK’s leading ocean research institution, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), and Subsea7, a global leader in delivering offshore projects and services for the energy industry, are proud to have received endorsement from the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development for their BORA Blue Ocean Research Alliance®. This has been awarded under the Deep Ocean Observing Strategy (DOOS) Programme, which supports efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and bring ocean stakeholders together in a common framework.

New Expedition Seeks to Reduce Risk of Extracting Metals on the Sea Floor

09.03.2023

Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have embarked on a month-long research expedition from Costa Rica to the Central Pacific to understand the impacts of deep-sea extraction of polymetallic nodules on the seabed. These are hard rock like materials, highly enriched in metals found on the sea floor.

UK Government Awards £45million to Maintain Flagship Scientific Research Vessels

13.12.2022

Babcock International’s Rosyth shipyard has been awarded £45 million to maintain the UK’s fleet of scientific research vessels, including the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) operated RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook.

RRS James Cook Sets Sail to Study Human Impacts on Deep-Sea Ecosystems

11.08.2022

Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have set-sail on the RRS James Cook on a collaborative expedition to the Whittard Canyon to advance knowledge of some of the richest and most complex deep-sea ecosystems on Earth.

Doors Open on World-leading European Glider Service Centre

03.05.2022

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has partnered with subsea technology leader, Teledyne Marine, to open a new European Glider Service Centre.

Advanced Robotic Floats Deployed as Part of Global Argo Programme

09.03.2022

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has successfully deployed the first of the UK’s new fleet of Biogeochemical (BGC) Argo profiling floats as part of the international Argo programme.

NOC’s Professor Ed Hill Receives CBE for Services to Ocean and Environmental Sciences

20.01.2022

The National Oceanography Centre’s Chief Executive, Professor Ed Hill, received the insignia of a CBE at an investiture at Windsor Castle held by HRH the Duke of Cambridge.

NOC takes Boaty McBoatface to Travel Under Antarctica’s Melting Thwaites Glacier

13.12.2021

Engineers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have headed out to the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica with renowned autonomous underwater vehicle, Boaty McBoatface, to help understand what is causing ice loss from the glacier and better predict how its deterioration could contribute to sea level rise.

Ocean Business 2021 Reunites the Ocean Tech Industry with a Bang

13.11.2021

Ocean Business 2021, which took place on the quayside of the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton from 12-14 October has been hailed a triumph, with the industry raring to get back to face-to-face business and networking. The long-awaited event welcomed thousands of visitors, including delegates from 52 countries.

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