NOC News Round Up - 23 June 2017

Celebrating Women in Engineering Today is Women in Engineering Day and we are celebrating by showcasing some of our talented engineers. Take a look at their career profiles on our website. Could Atlantic conditions help predict European heat waves? A link between the development of heat waves over Central and Western Europe and temperatures in the North Atlantic has been discovered by scientists from the NOC and the University of Southampton. This finding may be an important factor for the prediction of summer heat waves over Europe, since it suggests the Atlantic Ocean could have a role as a precursor. To find out more click here to read the full story on our website. NOC represents UK at IOC Assembly This week the NOC provided the UK Delegation to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC). The delegation was led by NOC Executive Director, Prof Ed Hill, and supported by Head International and Strategic Partnerships and Marine Science Policy Adviser Alan Evans, and Rolly Rogers, Advisor Marine Law and Policy, who participated in the 50th Session of the IOC-UNESCO Executive Council and in the 29th Session of the IOC Assembly. The IOC is playing an increasing role in enabling and coordinating global scale marine scientific research, capacity building and transfer of marine technology. This is particularly relevant given the prominence of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Sustainable Development Goal14 - Life Below Water. The IOC provides opportunities for Member State individual scientists, practitioners, and their institutions in ocean and marine science, planning and resource management to enhance the quality, scope, visibility and societal value of their research. Read more. ecoSUB at Oceans17 NOC's Engineer Alex Phillips presents the collaborative development ecoSUB AUV at Oceans'17 in Aberdeen. RRS James Clark Ross arrives in Southampton The RRS James Clark Ross arrived into NOC on 21st June. The ship will demob the recent National Geographic Pristine Seas Expedition, and then mobilise for expedition JR16-006 - The Changing Arctic Ocean: implication for marine biology and biogeochemistry - Western Barents Sea between Tromsoe and Svalbard. The RRS James Clark Ross is scheduled to depart Southampton 30th June.   This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom