Atlantic Ocean circulation research reached millions last week when the UK’s Channel 4 News featured an extended segment on the RAPID array monitoring system. This timely focus on the AMOC comes just as the world’s ocean scientists gather in Scotland for the Ocean Sciences Meeting in Glasgow.
EPOC research shows critical Atlantic Ocean currents kept going during last ice age New results from EPOC research has revealed that during the last ice
EPOC scientists develop a powerful new tool for monitoring changes in ocean heat distribution, important for understanding ocean circulation and its role in shaping climate.
As part of the annual Fram Strait 2025 cruise conducted by the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), the science team from the UK’s National Oceanography Centre deployed a new suite of autonomous Lab-on-Chip (LoC) sensors on long-term moorings in the East Greenland Current.
EPOC is delighted to welcome a new partner – Havstovan, the Faroe Marine Research Institute – to the project team. Made possible by a grant from the EU’s ‘Hop-On Facility’, the Havstovan team will contribute time series data on the main exchanges across the Greenland-Scotland Ridge, as well as investigation of possibilities to close the largest gap in the existing observational system.
The German research vessel Meteor has set sail from Ponta Delgada in the Azores on its expedition to Flemish Cap and Grand Banks in the NW Atlantic. Here, over a period of 4 weeks, the team on board will make new observations of the dynamic oceanographic conditions in this region.
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, 20 February 2026. Full details here.
EPOC and friends host a public exhibition on ocean observing at the Glasgow Science Centre, Saturday 21 February 2026. Includes a special talk by author Helen Czerski, a fun debate featuring our ocean scientists and iMAX screening of Ocean Odyssey. Suitable for families; all welcome! Full details and tickets here.
As part of the Arctic Summit Science Week, this workshop on Weds 25 March 2026 will showcase emerging research results from EPOC that reveal new understanding of the Arctic-Atlantic connectivity loop based on observational measurements and innovative modelling approaches. Aimed at a broad audience and engaging stakeholder organisations, this session will explain and explore the implications of these results at different scales and over varied timeframes, examine potential impacts on the blue economy, and discuss relevance for policy and governance. Further details to follow.
The Greenland-Scotland Ridge Workshop will be held at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen on 24 April 2026. The workshop aims to advance the GSR observing system by identifying key knowledge gaps, and to develop a strategy to deliver a sustained time series of transport across the Ridge. Registration is open here.
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway, 2 October 2025. Workshop report to follow.
Hamburg, 18-20 July 2023
Full details here
This informal webinar series takes place on a fortnightly basis, aimed at the general public and in English or German.
Full details at https://www.youtube.com/c/WissenschaftfürsWohnzimmer
The AMOC webinar series ran March-June 2023. Presentations are available to watch online – see here for full details.