NERC National Capability

National capability lets the UK deliver world-leading environmental science, support national strategic needs, and respond to emergencies. PML plays a prominent role in delivering this capability for NERC and the UK.

Single Centre NC projects

The NERC Long Term Science Single Centre programme is delivered through the Climate Linked Atlantic Sector Science (CLASS) project which is coordinated by the National Oceanography Centre and contains three underpinning science activities, the Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT), the Western Channel Observatory (WCO) and ERSEM model development.

ERSEM Schematic
ERSEM (European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model)

Project start: 10 January 2016

Active project
The RRS James Clark Ross, a scientific research vessel which has been used for many AMT cruises
Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT)

Project start: 1 September 1995

Active project
Plymouth Quest and data buoy
Western Channel Observatory (WCO)
Active project

Cross Centre NC projects

Earth and code, courtesy of dreamstime
UK Earth System Modelling (UKESM)

Project start: 1 April 2017

Completed project
View of Europe courtesy of Shutterstock
North Atlantic climate system integrated study (ACSIS)

Project start: 1 April 2017

Completed project
Saltmarsh image courtesy of Shutterstock
Land ocean carbon transfer (LOCATE)

Project start: 1 April 2017

Completed project
Shadow of research ship in icy waters, courtesy of Ian Brown
Ocean Regulation of Climate through Heat and Carbon Sequestration and Transports (ORCHESTRA)

Project start: 1 April 2016

Completed project

NC ODA projects

Fish market at Tanzania, courtesy of Shutterstock
Addressing Challenges of Coastal Communities through Ocean Research for Developing Economies (ACCORD)

Project start: April 2017

Completed project