Scientists have created a set of unique guidelines for image-based species identification to improve biodiversity data collection. Led by the NOC's Dr Tammy Horton, the new guide provides rules for the use of open nomenclature signs in image-based biodiversity studies. Check it out here on our website. Looking for something to do at home this weekend? Our next batch of historic tide gauge ledgers is ready for you! Log in and help convert these important records into usable data for scientists. All the information is on the Zooniverse website here. Want to know more? Have a listen to this fun 13 minute podcast, from media outlet NPR, about how the project willenable researchers to better investigate how local tides and sea level are changing -listen here. The team on board the RRS James Cook have been working hard to collect repeat data from the SR1b hydrographic section in Drake Passage. Yesterday they reported that they hadfinishedthe section with CTD number 95 of the trip. Congratulations to all the crew, technicians and science team! They were rewarded with great and unusually clear views ofElephant Island and Cornwallis Island (the smaller one in the photos above). The expedition is undertakingrepeat hydrographic sectionsA23(in the Scotia Sea and Weddell Sea; BAS-led by Dr Povl Abrahamsen) andSR1b(across Drake Passage; NOC-led by Dr Yvonne Firing).Both are currently funded by the ORCHESTRA programme and have been providing high-quality measurements since the early 90s, collected almost every year, which enable scientists to monitor long-term changes and better understand the dynamics of the Southern Ocean. For more great images and updates from the RRS James Cook (currently heading towards the Falklands) follow @ORCHESTRAPROJ on Twitter.
We're excited to announce that we will be hosting Ocean Business in October this year. Huw Gullick, Managing Director of NOC Innovations and Associate Director of Strategic Business Development, said:"Although a little later than planned, were delighted to be able to host Ocean Business at the NOC again in 2021. For most people across the marine science and technology industry this will be one of the first opportunities to get together face to face in the UK in 18 months and so it will be great to be able to welcome this special events exhibitors and visitors to our Southampton site. "Ocean Business 2021 will also be the first major physical event the NOC has hosted since becoming an independent organisation in November 2019 and so were looking forward to having the show audience in our facility and taking the opportunity to talk about how we can work together to deliver new capabilities in the increasingly important blue economy." Read more on our website. Our scientists will be taking over our Twitter and Instagram channels throughout Monday 8 March to celebrate International Women's Day - head over and follow us now to get all their content on the day. Find us at @nocnews on both platforms, or click the icons at the end of this email. |