News and information on integrated activities at Southampton taking place through the partnership between NOC and the University of Southampton can be viewed at http://noc.ac.uk.
News and information on integrated activities at Southampton taking place through the partnership between NOC and the University of Southampton can be viewed at http://noc.ac.uk.
The National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS) is one of the world's leading institutions devoted to research, teaching and technology development in ocean and earth science. The research mission of NOCS is to sustain international excellence, to play a key role in developing national and international research programmes, and to become Europe's leading academic centre for oceanography and marine geoscience.
The Underwater Systems Laboratory at NOCS undertakes research, development, demonstration and evaluation in technology to serve the needs of the UK marine science community.
PhD students are members of the NOCS Graduate School (GSNOCS) and one of the research groups listed below. The breadth of the scientific community, the blend of pure and applied science, and the unique range of research facilities make NOCS a first-class venue for training in interdisciplinary research.
Follow the links below to explore the range of research activity at NOCS.
The OBE Group comprise some sixty staff and forty PhD students, and is among the largest and most active international research teams studying the biogeochemistry and biodiversity of pelagic and benthic ocean systems.
The Geology and Geophysics Research Group includes about 60 staff and PhD students. We are among the most active research groups in this field in Europe.
The oceans are an important part of the Earth's climate system. The climate is changing rapidly, partly as a result of our interference with it. The Ocean Circulation and Climate research group is looking at the role of the ocean in changing climate.
The Ocean Modelling and Forecasting Group has world-class expertise in high resolution ocean modelling, with embedded models of marine biogeochemistry and sea-ice. We are also developing innovative models of the climate system.
Geochemistry comprises more than 30 researchers and post-graduate students who apply state of the art geochemical analysis and modelling to scientific questions of major societal, economic and environmental importance.
We seek to understand past changes in the Earth System, an essential context for future climate prediction. Our research is global in scope covering the Arctic, through the equatorial Pacific to the Southern Ocean.
The role of the Coastal Processes Group is to enhance our understanding of the character and evolution of the coastal zone through multi-disciplinary scientific research.
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