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As part of its Into The Blue podcast series, the National Oceanography Centre hosted the FMRI SRO Leigh Storey to talk about how scientific research expeditions can adapt to the net zero challenge and what role marine autonomy has to play in the future of oceanography.

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As the programme to deliver the UK’s future marine infrastructure gathers pace, the FMRI Programme Delivery Board today met for the first time at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.

Existing to represent the stakeholder interests that inform programme decision-making, this meeting marks an important milestone in establishing the governance…

New digital technologies are key to enabling the use of Marine Autonomous Systems for ocean observing. Building on the outcomes of the Future Data Ecosystems work package in the NZOC Scoping Study (2021), the Programme commissioned the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to develop further insights into the NZOC Digital Theme.

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A key recommendation of the NZOC Scoping Report was that “NERC should expect to double the size of the autonomous fleet it supports every five years”.

In response, the NOC Association for Marine Science National Capability (NOCA) and the Challenger Society for Marine Science formed the joint Upscaling of…

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) BIO-Carbon Programme is investigating how marine life stores carbon dioxide that might otherwise be in the atmosphere.

As part of this exciting and ambitious science initiative, the FMRI programme will be funding the deployment of an autonomous fleet to collect data in a way that is both low-carbon and…