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The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) news blog
2017-09-27 07:49
The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is part of a worldwide network of oceanographic data centres created to support global, regional and climate-related studies of the world’s… Read More
2016-10-04 11:16
It is often said that we know more about the surface of Mars than we do about our own global seafloor. Even today, more than 85 per cent of the world ocean floor remains unmapped with modern… Read More
2016-08-26 11:20
The NVS2.0 service has been in place since 2012 and while the British Ocenographic Data Centre (BODC) has maintained the original NVS (NVS1.0) service to allow users to switch at their conve… Read More
2016-06-24 14:31
About the roleThe British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) relies heavily on software developed in-house to manage and disseminate complex marine science data sets. Hence, software developme… Read More
2016-06-24 14:30
Dr Graham Allen, Head of BODC & GEBCO Guiding Committee member and Pauline Weatherall, GEBCO Digital Atlas Manager are welcomed to the GEBCO Forum for Future Ocean Floor Mapping by Shin… Read More
2016-06-24 14:29
To meet the needs of the UK's underwater noise community, the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is working to develop an archival and delivery system for high volume acoustic data.A m… Read More
2016-05-26 19:20
Among keynote speakers at a major conference on the comprehensive mapping of the ocean floor in Monaco, June 2016, is Dr Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreck of the Titanic in 1985. Dr B… Read More
2016-05-06 09:53
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) is seeking an IT Manager to lead our 30-strong IT Team.The team delivers the enabling IT services to research scientists, National Marine Facilities an… Read More
2016-03-01 16:23
The 17th biennial Challenger Conference takes place in Liverpool on 05–09 September 2016, hosted jointly by the National Oceanography Centre, the University of Liverpool and Liverpool… Read More
2015-10-16 15:26
The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) is reviewing our website and data delivery mechanisms. We are inviting feedback from the marine data user community about their preferences and e… Read More
2015-09-29 13:20
The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) announces the release of its search client for the NERC Vocabulary Server, NVS2.0This tool provides easy access to nearly 200 controlle… Read More
2015-08-10 10:48
In July 2015, Abby Bull (GEOTRACES Data Manager) and Graham Allen (Head of BODC) attended meetings of the GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) and Data Management Committee (DMC) at… Read More
2015-07-15 14:18
Abby Bull, Data Manager for the GEOTRACES project, and Head of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) Graham Allen recently spent time with colleagues at the Biological and Chemical Oc… Read More
2015-07-14 15:27
On 24 June 2015, it was with great pleasure that members of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) team met with three delegates from the Republic of Korea.Professor Wonsik "Jeff" Shim… Read More
2015-06-30 11:38
Surgewatch is a database set up to provide a UK-wide record of high sea level and coastal flood events covering the last 100 years. It is maintained by the University of Southampton (UofS)… Read More
2015-06-05 10:50
Oceans, and the processes within them, have no concept of international boundaries. The same can't be said for the way we manage the data collected in their study. To enable major scientific… Read More
2015-03-24 10:30
The 11th Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference takes place at Manchester Conference Centre on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 March 2015. It is hosted by the University of Manchest… Read More
2015-02-27 15:33
NERC's Head of Science Information and Data Management Coordinator, Mark Thorley, opened the NERC EnviroHack today.This 'hackathon' event provides an exciting opportunity to collaborate and… Read More
2015-02-25 15:11
By restoring historic tide gauge data from Malta and making it available to the public, researchers at the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) hope… Read More
2015-02-20 09:14
EnviroHack, organised by the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) will take place in London in February. The NERC-funded 'hackathon' event… Read More
2015-01-30 08:56
A recent NERC research cruise, on which the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) provided on-board data management, was featured in The Observer last Sunday (25… Read More
2015-01-14 15:58
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) is pleased to announce the release of its latest global terrain model at 30 arc-second intervals — the GEBCO_2014 Grid. The Bri… Read More
2014-12-05 16:16
The first annual, FP7 funded, SenseOCEAN project meeting shows excellent progress on the development of technologies that will enable the real time acquisition and processing of biogeochemic… Read More
2014-10-16 13:04
Dr. Clare Postlethwaite has been appointed coordinator of the Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN).Dr Clare Postlethwaite ©Clare joined MEDIN two years ago as… Read More
2014-09-23 15:38
The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) recently took part in the 3rd Ocean Data Interoperability Platform (ODIP) workshop in Townsville, Australia.ODIP is a transcontinental collaborat… Read More
2014-07-25 11:22
We are delighted to welcome Dr Graham Allen as the new Head of the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC). Graham will be taking up his post on the 4th August 2014.Dr Graham Allen &co&hell…Read More
2014-06-03 13:31
Earlier this year a team of five scientists, including British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) data scientist Matt Donnelly and oceanographers from the University of Liverpool, worked toget… Read More
2014-06-03 13:27
Recently the UK Polar Network held a workshop on communicating with the public called "Science and Society: Do they have to be Poles apart?" at the National Oceanography Centre, So… Read More
2014-05-13 11:23
The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) are pleased to announce the availability of a 40 year hindcast simulation of currents, potential temperature, salinity and sea surface height for… Read More
2014-05-12 13:23
On 23-24 April 2014, the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) participated in an expert meeting on the management of ocean acidification biological response data, hosted by the Ocean Aci… Read More
2014-05-12 07:40
The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) World Map is a shaded relief map of the global ocean floor, created using GEBCO data.The third release of the map is now available to &hell…Read More
2013-12-23 15:51
Moored at Liverpool docks, the brand new RRS Discovery looked impressive - her stunning black and white hull silhouetted against the Mersey skyline. My cruise was a two-night voyage to South… Read More
2013-12-05 16:04
The Environment Agency and Met Office are warning that gale-force winds, large waves and a tidal surge caused by low pressure will combine with high tides from today (Thursday) until Saturda… Read More
2013-11-18 15:44
In the realms of understanding the oceans, William Shakepeare's phrase "All the world's a stage" from As You Like It seems somewhat fitting. To 'break a leg' for the 'oceans' play… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) launch a Published Data Library that enables specific datasets to be cited in journal papers through the assignment of a Digital Object… Read More
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