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Large wave crashing against sea wall

🌊 Today is #WorldTsunamiAwarenessDay

While 5 Nov is known for Guy Fawkes Night in the UK, globally it’s a day to raise awareness of tsunami risk.

At NOC, we're advancing detection & resilience, from tide gauges to fibre optic sensing.

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#GetToHigherGround #TsunamiDay

UK Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership (MCCIP) has just published the latest rolling update on anthropogenic climate change effects on sea temperature 🌊🌡️.

This update was led by NOC's Dr Richard Cornes.

Read the full report here 👇
www.mccip.org.uk/temperature

👩‍🎓 PhD position at the National Oceanography Centre 👨‍🎓

🔍 Project: Heat, Freshwater and Oxygen Budgets in the Eastern Subpolar North Atlantic: Implications for UK continental shelf and European Weather.

🤝Team: Tiago, Neil, Lidia, & Bieito @bfcastro.bsky.social

🌊 Info: www.o-snap.org/phd-at-noc-uk/

Nitrogen fixation under declining Arctic sea ice - Communications Earth & Environment Nitrogen fixation occurs under Arctic sea ice and is positively correlated with primary production, according to analyses of transects across the marginal ice zone and in the Central Arctic Ocean.

So cool to see this one out!! www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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How ESA’s ice mission is transforming ocean monitoring - Earth Online In 2010 CryoSat embarked on a mission to investigate Earth’s icy zones but, during its 15 years in orbit, the satellite has gone beyond ice monitoring to deliver unprecedented insight into the dynamic...

Want to know how Cryosat 🛰️is transforming ocean monitoring and how @noc.ac.uk is involved on this @esa.int mission?

Worry not! We got you covered! head this way 👇

earth.esa.int/eogateway/su...
🌊 #seaice #satellite

Call for blogposts on maritime history - several of the topics related to marine climate, data transcription, visualisation - apparently no need to moderate your enthusiasm

Proud to announce we've been shortlisted as a finalist for Mersey Maritime’s Industry Awards! 🏆

NOC’s Satellite Intertidal Mapping Project led by Paul Bell, Clive Neil, and Christine Sams, has been shortlisted for the Technology & Innovation Award.

More on this project here⬇️

Researchers from NOC are among the global community of scientists who have contributed to this new publication by @ametsoc.org! 🌎 Find details below ⬇️

Submit an Abstract to the 🌊 Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 🌊 session:

HC013 - Resource characterization, hydrodynamic and environmental responses of ocean-based energy
agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...

Deadline 20th August 2025

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Submit an Abstract to the 🌊 Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 🌊 session:

OT002 - Advances in understanding of ocean surface waves at the coast: evidence from new observations and models
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Deadline 20th August 2025

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Submit an Abstract to the 🌊 Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 🌊 session:

HE007: Large-scale changes in the Arctic and Subarctic - Processes and Impacts

agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...

Deadline 20th August 2025

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IOC data for Hawaii showing waves arriving at Hawaii over a period of hours, live at 30th July 06:53 UTC.

Tsunamis in Hawaii. Heights in metres. Notice how the first wave wasn't the biggest. Real time data at www.ioc-sealevelmonitoring.org/station.php?...

Submit an Abstract to the 🌊 Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 🌊 session:

DO012 - Regionally Downscaled Ocean Climate Predictions and Projections

agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...

Deadline 20th August 2025

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Submit an Abstract to the 🌊 Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 🌊 session:

PS002 - Dynamics at the sloping boundary: understanding the interactions and exchanges between shelf seas and the deep ocean

agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...

Deadline 20th August 2025

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@metoffice.gov.uk ‘s 'State of the UK Climate' report is out today, with some key findings:

🌊UK sea level is rising faster than the global average
🌡️extremes are becoming the norm
🥇record breaking weather events are becoming more frequent
🔥the last 3 yrs have been in the UK's top 5 warmest on record

📢paper alert📢

🌊Evaluating Water Levels from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission in a Hyper-Tidal Coastal and Estuarine Environment🌊

doi.org/10.1029/2024...
by Lichtman et al. in AGU Earth and Space Science
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The impacts of human-made structures on larval connectivity in the northern North Sea - Communications Earth & Environment New human-made structures in areas with stronger residual current flow in the northern North Sea could improve larval connectivity, while existing structures serve as interchanges between intermittent...

📢paper alert📢

🌊The impacts of human-made structures on larval connectivity in the northern North Sea 🌊

doi.org/10.1038/s432...

by Barton et al. in @commsearth.nature.com

@noc.ac.uk @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @uniofhull.bsky.social

Dynamics and Temporal Variability of the North Atlantic Current in the Iceland Basin (2014–2022) The North Atlantic Current (NAC) volume transport variability was strong at 16–120-day periods associated with the mesoscale activity in the Iceland Basin High volume transport coincided with the...

📢new paper alert📢

🌊Dynamics and Temporal Variability of the North Atlantic Current in the Iceland Basin (2014–2022)🌊

by Dotto et al. in #JGROceans @agu.org

👉 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

@noc.ac.uk @samsocean.bsky.social @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social y.social
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YouTube video by National Oceanography Centre Living with climate change in a delta country

With videos exploring marine robotics 🤖, marine modelling 💻or remote sensing 📡 to applications to fisheries, salt intrusion and the impact of climate change on water security. Take a look here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCKY...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCKY...

Check out the "Ocean Science in Action" series!
a collection of open access stories about coastal communities at the forefront of the climate change impacts. 📽️🏖️🌡️🌊

noc.ac.uk/education/ed...

@noc.ac.uk

YouTube video by National Oceanography Centre Ocean Tides

Phil Woodworth has just pointed me to this 1973 film on tides. I haven't yet watched it through but already enjoying the computers (tape reels and printout), animated global tide maps (hand drawn) and health and safety on board ship (there probably was some).

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWUS...

Heterogeneous Mixing Processes Observed in the Dotson Ice Shelf Outflow, Antarctica Elevated turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rates were found near the seabed and at mid-depths in the DIS outflow region Overturning instabilities associated with the outflow current result in ...

📢Paper alert📢

Heterogeneous Mixing Processes Observed in the Dotson Ice Shelf Outflow, Antarctica 🛳️🌊

by Dotto et al. in #JGROceans @agu.org
doi.org/10.1029/2024...

@noc.ac.uk @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @ukri.org

Oceanic drivers of UK summer droughts - Communications Earth & Environment North Atlantic sea surface temperature influences hydrology in the United Kingdom up to 1.5 years in advance via a teleconnection with the position of the North Atlantic Current, which can help with d...

New CANARI research reveals predictability for UK summer droughts up to 1.5 years in advance 🏜️

Find out more in the paper published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, led by @amulyachevuturi.bsky.social: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

A cutting-edge fleet of moorings, drifting floats, and autonomous vehicles have been deployed to explore the depths of the Labrador Sea, to understand the role of marine snow in carbon storage.

Read more:
noc.ac.uk/news/ocean-r...

Only 5 days left to register for the UK Coastal Research Conference! 🌊

The conference welcomes all those with interest in UK coastal science, including academia, policy makers, practitioners and industry professionals.

⬇️Full details and registration here⬇️
noc-events.co.uk/ukcrc-2025

#UKCRC25

📢Paper Alert📢

Coherence of the AMOC Over the Subpolar North Atlantic on Interannual to Multiannual Time Scales 🌊

by Petit el al. in GRL @agu.org

doi.org/10.1029/2025...

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#NERC #NSF

Cold Spells, Fresh Waves, and the Biogeochemical Response in the North Atlantic Cold Anomaly Region The cold anomaly is quantified as marine cold spells and Fresh Waves cycling between cool/fresh and warm/saline conditions since 1980s The 2014–16 cold anomaly, a widespread and prolonged event, ...

📢Paper Alert📢

Cold Spells, Fresh Waves, and the Biogeochemical Response in the North Atlantic Cold Anomaly Region 🛰️💻

by Jebri et al in @agu.org JGROceans

doi.org/10.1029/2024...
@noc.ac.uk @ukri.org #NERC

A new wave overtopping digital twin has launched! 📟

It provides a 5-day forecast at Dawlish and Penzance. The tool is based on machine learning trained by WireWall data collected by NOC.

Check it out 👉 coastalmonitoring.org/ccoresources...

The image reads SPLASH digital approaches to predict wave overtopping hazards. Advancing current understanding on wave-related coastal hazard

📢New!📢

🌊New wave overtopping digital twin launched with the National Network of Regional Coastal Monitoring Programmes of England 🌊
It provides a 5-day forecast at Dawlish and Penzance. 💻

coastalmonitoring.org/ccoresources...
#CoastalHazards #SPLASH
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📢NEW!
Latest UK climate change evidence update on STORMS & WAVES 🌪️🌊 now available!
www.mccip.org.uk/storms-and-w...

@noc.ac.uk @metoffice.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social @cefasgovuk.bsky.social