NOC News Round Up - 18 August 2017

RRS James Clark Ross back in Southampton The RRS James Clark Ross arrived back in Southampton on Tuesday from the first research expedition of the Changing Arctic Ocean project. The expedition, to the Barents Sea, involved more than 20 researchers from 16 UK research institutes, including the NOC.  We caught up with NOC's Dr Jo Hopkins as she disembarked. Liverpool and the history of tidal science Did you know that the city of Liverpool was central to the development of tidal science? Our Liverpool office now houses two historic tide prediction machines in a new publicly accessible exhibition.  Tide Predicting Machines are analogue computers which simulate the rise and fall of the ocean tide. They are carefully engineered devices in which each harmonic constant of the tide is represented by the motion of a pulley wheel, set to move at the appropriate speed; a wire wound over several of these wheels sums their motion to give a representation of the total tide for the programmed location.  You can read more and book a visit on our dedicated website.   This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Oceanography Centre · Waterfront Campus · European Way · Southampton · SO14 3ZH · United Kingdom