NOC News Round Up - 28 July 2017

Exploring sea-floor communities in Greenland This week the team on board RRS Discovery are continuing their work offshore in western Greenland as part of the ICY-LAB project. NOC's Veerle Huvenne is on board, together with the Isis ROV team, to map deep-sea habitats on the Greenland margin, which include spectacular sponge and cold-water coral communities (pictured above). This habitat mapping work is based on the methods and techniques developed during CODEMAP, and includes novel ways to image steep cliffs in deep water. The data gathered in this way will help to shed light on the role of sea-bed communities in the silica cycle of the Labrador Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Award for NOC partner NOC business partner Marlan Maritime Technologies has won the prestigious Merseyside Innovation Award 2017. Liverpool-based Marlan Maritime Technologies create bespoke solutions for port and coastal vessel traffic management using a combination of radar and video camera remote sensing techniques. They were selected as winners for the Merseyside Innovation Awards based on a new product that combines cutting-edge science developed at the NOC with industrial know-how to provide a unique radar-based solution to coastal hydrodynamic and bathymetric monitoring. Read More.here. New report outlines the impact of climate change on the ocean NOC scientists have contributed to a major new publication by the UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, which demonstrates the effects climate change are having on UK seas and coastlines. This report builds on contributions from 400 scientists over ten years, including those from the NOC who contributed expertise from sustained observations of one of the world's largest system of currents – the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation, or AMOC. To find out more about the finding of this report, read the full story on our website by clicking here. NOC in the media - Naked Scientists and MPA showcases The JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) has launched the fourth in a series of eight offshore marine protected area showcase videos and the NOC contributed to the evidence to protect these deep-sea habitats. To watch these videos and read more on The Canyons Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ) click here.   NOC scientist, Professor Russell Wynn, also made an appearance on an oceanography special of Naked Scientists, on the BBC. Russell was talking about the use of robotics in oceanography and what Boaty McBoatface has been up to recently. To listen to the podcast, click here.   This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom