The Importance of Archiving the Seafloor

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Marine sediment cores are stored in this space at the Lamont-Doherty Core Repository. Credit: Nichole Anest

BOSCORF hosts workshop for the Micropalaeontological Society AGM at the National Oceanography Centre

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Last week, BOSCORF hosted a workshop for the Micropalaeontological Society's AGM, that was being held at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton.

Installation of brand new Itrax FleXRay X-ray fluorescence scanner at BOSCORF

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Today, we welcomed a brand new Cox Analytical Itrax FleXRay X-ray fluorescence sediment core scanner to our research facility. Providing the only wet or dry sediment Itrax FlexRay scanner in the UK.New Itrax fully operational in the Analytical Lab

Sediment cores used to help better understand natural carbon storage in marine ecosystems

Over the past year, BOSCORF has been helping PhD student, Hannah Muir, to split, image and process sediment cores from the Isle of Man.Hannah Muir is a PhD student at Swansea University, based at the National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS). Her PhD research project is part of The Manx Blue Carbon Project, which aims to quantify how much carbon is stored and accumulated within the Isle of Man’s territorial sea to inform decisions that could maximise natural carbon storage around the Island.
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