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We're delighted to be attending Ocean Sciences Meeting starting on 22nd!

πŸ‘₯ We have 100+ attendees at nearly 200 sessions
🩡 Looking forward networking, insightful discussions and sharing research
πŸ“Find us: Stand 59, Hall 5

Full list of NOC events ↙️
strategy.noc.ac.uk/ocean-scienc...
#OSM26

16.02.2026 08:00 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In the Red area, Hall 3, Tides and Coastal Flooding #osm26 @noc.ac.uk

23.02.2026 09:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ”ŠPaper alertπŸ”Š

@noc.ac.uk @ukri.org

13.02.2026 11:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🌊Evaluating SWOT in the Coastal Zone: Comparisons with Tide Gauge and Airborne LiDAR in the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary, UK🌊

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

by Youtong Rong et al. in AGU GRL
@noc.ac.uk @ukri.org @ukspaceagency.bsky.social

26.01.2026 10:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

‼️ New paper from our coastal science colleagues on interdisciplinary approaches to coastal research from an early career perspective.

🌊 πŸ“ πŸ’‘ #ECR #coastalscience #newpublication

20.01.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Navigating interdisciplinary coastal research in the UK: Challenges and solutions from an early career perspective | Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures | Cambridge Core Navigating interdisciplinary coastal research in the UK: Challenges and solutions from an early career perspective - Volume 4

πŸ”ŠPaper alertπŸ”Š

🌊Navigating interdisciplinary coastal research in the UK Challenges and solutions from an early career perspective

by Apine et al in @universitypress.cambridge.org Coastal Futures

πŸ”— doi.org/10.1017/cft....

@noc.ac.uk @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @ukri.org

20.01.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy 1st December from BODC!πŸŽ„πŸŽ…πŸŽβ˜ƒοΈ
We thought it would be appropriate to kick off the first day of #BODCDataAdvent by sharing this festive cruise track that forms a star, this is the JC071 PAP cruise.⭐🌟✨
Check out more cruises at: www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...

01.12.2025 11:59 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The image contains the graphical abstract of the paper. The abstract reads: Due to the energy dissipation induced by vegetation, restoration of natural ecosystems such as salt marshes is often considered an attractive nature-based solution against coastal flooding as an alternative to hard engineered defences. Even though this vegetation's capacity to dissipate energy has been well affirmed in the literature for short waves, it is still disputed for long waves (i.e., storm surges and tides) resulting in significant uncertainty on the potential effectiveness of mitigating the impact of storm surges. Furthermore, restoration or creation of coastal habitats often face challenges due to space limitations and social resistance linked to loss of valuable land. Hybrid schemes, integrating existing hard defences and natural solutions (e.g., vegetation zones), could be a good alternative to overcome such problems. However, evidence to support their implementation and design is lacking.
In this study, a modelling chain in Delft3D-FM has been implemented to test the efficiency of a hybrid solution consisting of an embankment and vegetation zones in a case study in the inner Forth estuary (Scotland, UK). The flood protection effectiveness of the proposed solution is assessed for the storm Xaver (December 2013) that greatly affected the area. The model results indicate that the proposed hybrid scheme could considerably reduce the land loss for coastal protection and that the effect of vegetation depends on design criteria such as position and orientation relative to the prevalent current flow. These results provide valuable insight towards applicability, design and implementation of hybrid schemes.

The image contains the graphical abstract of the paper. The abstract reads: Due to the energy dissipation induced by vegetation, restoration of natural ecosystems such as salt marshes is often considered an attractive nature-based solution against coastal flooding as an alternative to hard engineered defences. Even though this vegetation's capacity to dissipate energy has been well affirmed in the literature for short waves, it is still disputed for long waves (i.e., storm surges and tides) resulting in significant uncertainty on the potential effectiveness of mitigating the impact of storm surges. Furthermore, restoration or creation of coastal habitats often face challenges due to space limitations and social resistance linked to loss of valuable land. Hybrid schemes, integrating existing hard defences and natural solutions (e.g., vegetation zones), could be a good alternative to overcome such problems. However, evidence to support their implementation and design is lacking. In this study, a modelling chain in Delft3D-FM has been implemented to test the efficiency of a hybrid solution consisting of an embankment and vegetation zones in a case study in the inner Forth estuary (Scotland, UK). The flood protection effectiveness of the proposed solution is assessed for the storm Xaver (December 2013) that greatly affected the area. The model results indicate that the proposed hybrid scheme could considerably reduce the land loss for coastal protection and that the effect of vegetation depends on design criteria such as position and orientation relative to the prevalent current flow. These results provide valuable insight towards applicability, design and implementation of hybrid schemes.

πŸ”ŠPaper alertπŸ”Š

Enhancement of coastal flood mitigation by implementing hybrid flood defences integrating hard engineering and nature-based solutions🌊

by Matsoukis et al. in STOTEN @elsevierconnect.bsky.social

πŸ”—https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.181063
@noc.ac.uk @ukri.org #CoOpt #SMMRUK

01.12.2025 12:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Splash! How can you measure waves overtopping a sea defence? Until recently the main method was "see how quick a bucket fills up". Margaret Yelland and Jenny Brown's Wire Wall uses a grid of capacitance wires and has now been tested for a year of continuous monitoring. 🌊

21.11.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Waves crashing and overtopping in Dawlish during Storm Barra. Image recorded by the University of Plymouth's Camera

Waves crashing and overtopping in Dawlish during Storm Barra. Image recorded by the University of Plymouth's Camera

πŸ”ŠNew paper alert πŸ”Š

🌊Spatial and Temporal Variation in Wave Overtopping Across a
Coastal Structure Based on One Year of Field Observations 🌊

by J. Brown @noc.ac.uk with @plymbiomarsci.bsky.social Network Rail and SW Coastal monitoring

πŸ”—https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse13112194

#wirewall @ukri.org

21.11.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Large wave crashing against sea wall

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.

Discover more lnkd.in/gEfxCrSF

#GetToHigherGround #TsunamiDay

05.11.2025 11:06 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 πŸ‘‡
www.mccip.org.uk/temperature

28.10.2025 11:02 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
PhD at NOC (UK) - OSNAP Dear all,Β  We are currently advertising an exciting PhD project opportunity on β€œHeat, Freshwater and Oxygen Budgets in the Eastern Subpolar North Atlantic: Implications for UK continental shelf and Eu...

πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ“ PhD position at the National Oceanography Centre πŸ‘¨β€πŸŽ“

πŸ” 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/

28.10.2025 16:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...
@noc.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social @mioceanologie.bsky.social

24.10.2025 04:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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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 πŸ›°οΈ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 πŸ‘‡

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

14.10.2025 15:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

03.09.2025 20:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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

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⬇️

20.08.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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

15.08.2025 09:17 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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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

@noc.ac.uk

04.08.2025 15:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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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
agu.confex.com/agu/osm26/pr...

Deadline 20th August 2025

@noc.ac.uk

01.08.2025 09:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

@noc.ac.uk

01.08.2025 09:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
IOC data for Hawaii showing waves arriving at Hawaii over a period of hours, live at 30th July 06:53 UTC.

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?...

30.07.2025 06:59 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4
Regionally Downscaled Ocean Climate Predictions and Projections Understanding future ocean conditions at regional scales is critical for climate adaptation and informed policy-making. While global climate models provide ocean state projections (IPCC-CMIP6) and sea...

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

@noc.ac.uk

28.07.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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

@noc.ac.uk @whoi.edu @samsocean.bsky.social

28.07.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@metoffice.gov.uk β€˜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
πŸ₯‡record breaking weather events are becoming more frequent
πŸ”₯the last 3 yrs have been in the UK's top 5 warmest on record

14.07.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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πŸ“’paper alertπŸ“’

🌊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
@noc.ac.uk @ukspaceagency.bsky.social

04.07.2025 11:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

πŸ“’paper alertπŸ“’

🌊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

25.06.2025 11:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

πŸ“’new paper alertπŸ“’

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

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

πŸ‘‰ doi.org/10.1029/2024...

@noc.ac.uk @samsocean.bsky.social @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social y.social
@ukri.org

17.06.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Living with climate change in a delta country
Living with climate change in a delta country YouTube video by National Oceanography Centre

With videos exploring marine robotics πŸ€–, marine modelling πŸ’»or remote sensing πŸ“‘ 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...

16.06.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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. πŸ“½οΈπŸ–οΈπŸŒ‘οΈπŸŒŠ

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

@noc.ac.uk

16.06.2025 14:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0