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14 September 2023
BOSCORF was lucky to have Tatiana Glazkova from Royal Holloway University visit to log, scan and sample a legacy core collection from the JC027 cruise in 2009. Tatiana's research focuses on fine-grained sediments in the deep ocean, particularly those affected by bottom currents. She uses a range of data at multiple scales collected from deep marine gaps, where topographic constriction may be modifying currents and potentially amplifying their influence on the deposition of...
1 June 2023
BOSCORF goes on tour!  Attending the Digital Ocean AwayDay at NOC, Liverpool, meeting friends and colleagues (old & new) at SUERC, East Kilbride, and running a sediment core workshop at the 4th Deepwater Circulation Research Conference in Edinburgh. All in one week!   The week began on Monday with us loading up samples from Madeira, Greenland and the Gulf of Cadiz from our facility at NOC, Southampton. A five hour drive found us arriving just in time for...
30 May 2023
UK science and research facilities will receive £103 million for upgrading the UK’s world class research infrastructure and opening the doors for new breakthroughs.  The government investments will ensure UK researchers have access to the best labs and equipment they need to keep producing world-class science. Funding recipients will use the investment to provide new state-of-the-art equipment for their world-leading scientists or upgrades to existing facilities, and they are...
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12 October 2022
An online learning platform which aims to help researchers working in environmental sciences to develop new skills, share knowledge and build experience launched on Tuesday the 11th of October 2022.     The Geosciences Advanced E-Learning Academy, or GAEA, provides postgraduate education providers and the wider research community with a virtual educational space supported by the UK’s NERC Facilities for geoscience. GAEA was developed by researchers from the Scottish...
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