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The UK aspires to remain a leading player in the vital area of environmental research: retaining, nurturing and empowering talent to unlock the societal and economic impacts of scientific excellence. This ambition to enable transformative science will depend on the UK delivering a corresponding transformation in its research infrastructure: the Future Marine Research…

The UK has a distinguished history of oceanographic research, laying claim to the Challenger Expedition that marks the birth of oceanography as a scientific discipline. But what would the scientists who set out from Portsmouth in 1872 make of today’s research infrastructure? Personally, I think they would find it inconceivable. Today the UK operates three sophisticated research…

Last week, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) committed to a Green House Gas reduction strategy for the global shipping industry. This agreement closed a significant gap in the 2015…

Welcome to the second outing of the FMRI blog! In this post, I will be explaining what a Lead Scientist does and why it is such an important role in an infrastructure programme like FMRI. I will also be introducing you to FMRI’s very own Lead Scientist, Dr. Katherine ‘Katy’ Hill.

Unlocking Potential

We need increasing amounts of…

Welcome, fellow ocean enthusiasts, to the brand-new FMRI blog! I am Dr Kristian Thaller, the Programme Director for the Future Marine Research Infrastructure programme, and I will be trying to give you an insight into this programme as it develops over the coming years. In this post, I will be explaining why we in the FMRI team are so passionate about this programme and the…