Ben Moat
@benmoat.bsky.social
Research leader at the National Oceanography Centre, UK. Working on ocean circulation and climate dynamics. Leader of the RAPID 26N AMOC observing project.
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🌊Online Ocean Tipping Points talk🗣️
Next Monday we’re hosting a panel of experts to discuss Ocean Tipping Points, as part of #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion webinar series.
Add to your calendar 🗓️
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#UNOceanDecade #TippingPoints #GTPR2025 #OceanScience
Next Monday we’re hosting a panel of experts to discuss Ocean Tipping Points, as part of #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion webinar series.
Add to your calendar 🗓️
brnw.ch/oceantipping...
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#UNOceanDecade #TippingPoints #GTPR2025 #OceanScience
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🌊Online Ocean Tipping Points talk🗣️
Next Monday we’re hosting a panel of experts to discuss Ocean Tipping Points, as part of #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion webinar series.
Add to your calendar 🗓️
brnw.ch/oceantipping...
🇧🇷 10:00 GMT-3
🇬🇧 13:00 GMT
#UNOceanDecade #TippingPoints #GTPR2025 #OceanScience
Next Monday we’re hosting a panel of experts to discuss Ocean Tipping Points, as part of #COP30 Virtual Ocean Pavilion webinar series.
Add to your calendar 🗓️
brnw.ch/oceantipping...
🇧🇷 10:00 GMT-3
🇬🇧 13:00 GMT
#UNOceanDecade #TippingPoints #GTPR2025 #OceanScience
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🌴 Pan-CLIVAR Meeting [Day 3&4] – CLIVAR Symposium!
On 24–25 Sept, the CLIVAR Symposium brought together scientists and stakeholders from 38 countries to discuss frontier climate topics. Open sessions and side events fostered global partnerships and empowered Early Career Researchers 🌍🌊
On 24–25 Sept, the CLIVAR Symposium brought together scientists and stakeholders from 38 countries to discuss frontier climate topics. Open sessions and side events fostered global partnerships and empowered Early Career Researchers 🌍🌊
September 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🌴 Pan-CLIVAR Meeting [Day 3&4] – CLIVAR Symposium!
On 24–25 Sept, the CLIVAR Symposium brought together scientists and stakeholders from 38 countries to discuss frontier climate topics. Open sessions and side events fostered global partnerships and empowered Early Career Researchers 🌍🌊
On 24–25 Sept, the CLIVAR Symposium brought together scientists and stakeholders from 38 countries to discuss frontier climate topics. Open sessions and side events fostered global partnerships and empowered Early Career Researchers 🌍🌊
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The latest AMOC time series was released today! The overall picture suggests the weakening trend in the AMOC has remained consistent.
NOC's Dr Ben Moat says “It is crucial to continue observing the AMOC through to at least 2034 to ascertain its trend.”
Download the latest data: www.rapid.ac.uk
NOC's Dr Ben Moat says “It is crucial to continue observing the AMOC through to at least 2034 to ascertain its trend.”
Download the latest data: www.rapid.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The latest AMOC time series was released today! The overall picture suggests the weakening trend in the AMOC has remained consistent.
NOC's Dr Ben Moat says “It is crucial to continue observing the AMOC through to at least 2034 to ascertain its trend.”
Download the latest data: www.rapid.ac.uk
NOC's Dr Ben Moat says “It is crucial to continue observing the AMOC through to at least 2034 to ascertain its trend.”
Download the latest data: www.rapid.ac.uk
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Thanks to @whoi.edu for hosting this vital AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) meeting, which we were delighted to attend along with experts from across the world.
As scientists warn that #AMOC may slow/collapse, experts are trying to improve research on this critical ocean conveyor system
We need:
- Better measurements
- Global cooperation
- Sustained funding
- New tech for real-time data
AMOC research=climate security. Let's keep it going! 🌍💙
@noc.ac.uk
We need:
- Better measurements
- Global cooperation
- Sustained funding
- New tech for real-time data
AMOC research=climate security. Let's keep it going! 🌍💙
@noc.ac.uk
July 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thanks to @whoi.edu for hosting this vital AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) meeting, which we were delighted to attend along with experts from across the world.
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📢SEAGOING SCIENCE BURSARY🌊
In collaboration with West and endorsed as a @unoceandecade.bsky.social contribution, we invite applications for an exciting bursary including:
💰financial support
🗣️mentorship
🚢an opportunity to gain sea experience on a 2026 research voyage
To apply you must…(below) ↩️
In collaboration with West and endorsed as a @unoceandecade.bsky.social contribution, we invite applications for an exciting bursary including:
💰financial support
🗣️mentorship
🚢an opportunity to gain sea experience on a 2026 research voyage
To apply you must…(below) ↩️
June 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
📢SEAGOING SCIENCE BURSARY🌊
In collaboration with West and endorsed as a @unoceandecade.bsky.social contribution, we invite applications for an exciting bursary including:
💰financial support
🗣️mentorship
🚢an opportunity to gain sea experience on a 2026 research voyage
To apply you must…(below) ↩️
In collaboration with West and endorsed as a @unoceandecade.bsky.social contribution, we invite applications for an exciting bursary including:
💰financial support
🗣️mentorship
🚢an opportunity to gain sea experience on a 2026 research voyage
To apply you must…(below) ↩️
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Today we’ve been showcasing our science and research at Royal Festival Hall as part of the premiere of David Attenborough’s Ocean! 🍿🌊
The film is available in UK cinemas this Thursday, and on Disney+ from June 8th.
#OceanFilm
The film is available in UK cinemas this Thursday, and on Disney+ from June 8th.
#OceanFilm
May 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Today we’ve been showcasing our science and research at Royal Festival Hall as part of the premiere of David Attenborough’s Ocean! 🍿🌊
The film is available in UK cinemas this Thursday, and on Disney+ from June 8th.
#OceanFilm
The film is available in UK cinemas this Thursday, and on Disney+ from June 8th.
#OceanFilm
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Our CEO Dr @johsid.bsky.social gives insight into the premiere of David Attenborough’s Ocean at Royal Festival Hall last night, where ocean science took centre stage! 🌊
#OceanFilm
Read more: noc.ac.uk/news/ocean-s...
#OceanFilm
Read more: noc.ac.uk/news/ocean-s...
Ocean science takes centre stage at premiere of Ocean with David Attenborough
YouTube video by National Oceanography Centre
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May 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Our CEO Dr @johsid.bsky.social gives insight into the premiere of David Attenborough’s Ocean at Royal Festival Hall last night, where ocean science took centre stage! 🌊
#OceanFilm
Read more: noc.ac.uk/news/ocean-s...
#OceanFilm
Read more: noc.ac.uk/news/ocean-s...
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AMOC in density space, heat and freshwater transports, and 2D velocity fields at 26N have been updated to February 2023. They are freely available on our website at rapid.ac.uk
April 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
AMOC in density space, heat and freshwater transports, and 2D velocity fields at 26N have been updated to February 2023. They are freely available on our website at rapid.ac.uk
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We published a signal-to-noise analysis of AMOC observations in GRL. TLDR: Direct observations (RAPID) of the AMOC do show a decline in line with climate model projected weakening (~1 Sv/decade) but the noise is still very large in comparison to the signal. Paper: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
April 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
We published a signal-to-noise analysis of AMOC observations in GRL. TLDR: Direct observations (RAPID) of the AMOC do show a decline in line with climate model projected weakening (~1 Sv/decade) but the noise is still very large in comparison to the signal. Paper: doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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NOC's CEO Dr John Siddorn (@johsid.bsky.social) recently attended the The 26th @pogo-ocean.bsky.social Annual Meeting.
Hosted by the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies and Universiti Sains Malaysia, the world’s marine institutes discussed working together to further understand our ocean.
Hosted by the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies and Universiti Sains Malaysia, the world’s marine institutes discussed working together to further understand our ocean.
February 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
NOC's CEO Dr John Siddorn (@johsid.bsky.social) recently attended the The 26th @pogo-ocean.bsky.social Annual Meeting.
Hosted by the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies and Universiti Sains Malaysia, the world’s marine institutes discussed working together to further understand our ocean.
Hosted by the Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies and Universiti Sains Malaysia, the world’s marine institutes discussed working together to further understand our ocean.
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NOC has been awarded new funding to lead critical research into the potential collapse of the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. 👀
Find out how the funding provided by UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) will help monitor the climate tipping point here 🗞️🌊 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-awa...
Find out how the funding provided by UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) will help monitor the climate tipping point here 🗞️🌊 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-awa...
February 17, 2025 at 10:10 AM
NOC has been awarded new funding to lead critical research into the potential collapse of the Atlantic Subpolar Gyre. 👀
Find out how the funding provided by UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) will help monitor the climate tipping point here 🗞️🌊 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-awa...
Find out how the funding provided by UK’s Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) will help monitor the climate tipping point here 🗞️🌊 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-awa...
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We were delighted to welcome a group of Portuguese media and the British Ambassador in Portugal onboard #RRSDiscovery yesterday. 🚢🇵🇹
Thank you to Portuguese media outlets RTP, Público, Expresso, Observador, Revista da Marinha, RTP's Daniela Santiago and British Embassy Lisbon!
Thank you to Portuguese media outlets RTP, Público, Expresso, Observador, Revista da Marinha, RTP's Daniela Santiago and British Embassy Lisbon!
February 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We were delighted to welcome a group of Portuguese media and the British Ambassador in Portugal onboard #RRSDiscovery yesterday. 🚢🇵🇹
Thank you to Portuguese media outlets RTP, Público, Expresso, Observador, Revista da Marinha, RTP's Daniela Santiago and British Embassy Lisbon!
Thank you to Portuguese media outlets RTP, Público, Expresso, Observador, Revista da Marinha, RTP's Daniela Santiago and British Embassy Lisbon!
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NOC was delighted to host a marine research roundtable onboard #RRSDiscovery, organised by the British Embassy in Lisbon. 👥
The roundtable helped further the dialogue between UK and Portuguese researchers to explore future collaborations and to discuss the UN Ocean Decade.
The roundtable helped further the dialogue between UK and Portuguese researchers to explore future collaborations and to discuss the UN Ocean Decade.
February 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NOC was delighted to host a marine research roundtable onboard #RRSDiscovery, organised by the British Embassy in Lisbon. 👥
The roundtable helped further the dialogue between UK and Portuguese researchers to explore future collaborations and to discuss the UN Ocean Decade.
The roundtable helped further the dialogue between UK and Portuguese researchers to explore future collaborations and to discuss the UN Ocean Decade.
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For International Women and Girls in Science Day Dr Tillys Petit, Alex Barlow and Tina Mantinha have been talking about their roles in science to Portuguese media and British Embassy staff, making the most of #RRSDiscovery stop in Lisbon. 🚢
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For International Women and Girls in Science Day Dr Tillys Petit, Alex Barlow and Tina Mantinha have been talking about their roles in science to Portuguese media and British Embassy staff, making the most of #RRSDiscovery stop in Lisbon. 🚢
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
#WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
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Interested in the MOC? Please consider submitting an abstract to our symposium on the Meridional Overturning Circulation at the IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea, from July 20-25, 2025. The abstract deadline is February 15, 2025: www.baco-25.org @benmoat.bsky.social
Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025
Busan IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly 2025, BACO-25
www.baco-25.org
February 7, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Interested in the MOC? Please consider submitting an abstract to our symposium on the Meridional Overturning Circulation at the IAMAS-IACS-IAPSO Joint Assembly in Busan, Republic of Korea, from July 20-25, 2025. The abstract deadline is February 15, 2025: www.baco-25.org @benmoat.bsky.social
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NOC's Dr Ben Moat (@benmoat.bsky.social) and Dr Tillys Petit feature in the BBC News about the importance of observing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC). 🌊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bG...
BBC South Today - AMOC (Monday 6th January 2025)
YouTube video by National Oceanography Centre
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NOC's Dr Ben Moat (@benmoat.bsky.social) and Dr Tillys Petit feature in the BBC News about the importance of observing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC). 🌊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1bG...
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We are delighted to congratulate NOC scientist Dr Elizabeth Kent (@lizk40.bsky.social), who has been awarded an MBE for her services to tracking global temperatures! 👏
Read more 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-sci...
Read more 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-sci...
January 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We are delighted to congratulate NOC scientist Dr Elizabeth Kent (@lizk40.bsky.social), who has been awarded an MBE for her services to tracking global temperatures! 👏
Read more 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-sci...
Read more 👉 noc.ac.uk/news/noc-sci...
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NOC's Dr Ben Moat (@benmoat.bsky.social) and Dr Tillys Petit feature in a recent BBC News article all about the importance of monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC). 🌊
Read it here 📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Read it here 📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
AMOC: UK could face more severe weather from slowing Atlantic currents
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is vital in regulating the temperature of the Earth.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
NOC's Dr Ben Moat (@benmoat.bsky.social) and Dr Tillys Petit feature in a recent BBC News article all about the importance of monitoring the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC). 🌊
Read it here 📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Read it here 📰 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We have successfully completed the RAPID 26N western boundary expedition DY186. Many thanks to the crew of the RRS Discovery for helping to deliver the science. @noc.ac.uk
December 19, 2024 at 4:46 PM
We have successfully completed the RAPID 26N western boundary expedition DY186. Many thanks to the crew of the RRS Discovery for helping to deliver the science. @noc.ac.uk
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Thats the last of our tall moorings recovered. In the next six months we will calibrate the measurements and then release the next 26N AMOC time series update. @noc.ac.uk
December 18, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Thats the last of our tall moorings recovered. In the next six months we will calibrate the measurements and then release the next 26N AMOC time series update. @noc.ac.uk
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Declining Antarctic sea ice cover is generating unprecedented ocean heat loss to the atmosphere and more storms, according to a new study led by NOC. 🧊
Find out how the study provides the first clear picture of the impacts of the disappearing sea ice ➡️ noc.ac.uk/news/declini...
Find out how the study provides the first clear picture of the impacts of the disappearing sea ice ➡️ noc.ac.uk/news/declini...
December 18, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Declining Antarctic sea ice cover is generating unprecedented ocean heat loss to the atmosphere and more storms, according to a new study led by NOC. 🧊
Find out how the study provides the first clear picture of the impacts of the disappearing sea ice ➡️ noc.ac.uk/news/declini...
Find out how the study provides the first clear picture of the impacts of the disappearing sea ice ➡️ noc.ac.uk/news/declini...
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Chris Cardwell is an Electronic Engineer who is working on a prototype remote telemetry system for use on the RAPID moorings and in the wider oceanographic community.
Outside of the current expedition, he is found developing novel oceanographic sensors, samplers and observing systems.
@noc.ac.uk
Outside of the current expedition, he is found developing novel oceanographic sensors, samplers and observing systems.
@noc.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Chris Cardwell is an Electronic Engineer who is working on a prototype remote telemetry system for use on the RAPID moorings and in the wider oceanographic community.
Outside of the current expedition, he is found developing novel oceanographic sensors, samplers and observing systems.
@noc.ac.uk
Outside of the current expedition, he is found developing novel oceanographic sensors, samplers and observing systems.
@noc.ac.uk
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On DY186 Maria De La Fuente Ruiz is measuring ocean oxygen levels. This is important as oxygen is an indicator to the health of our oceans.
As sea temperatures increase, oxygen 'dead zones' can be created because warm water cannot hold as much oxygen. This can prove deadly to all marine life. 🧪⚠️
As sea temperatures increase, oxygen 'dead zones' can be created because warm water cannot hold as much oxygen. This can prove deadly to all marine life. 🧪⚠️
December 17, 2024 at 1:24 AM
On DY186 Maria De La Fuente Ruiz is measuring ocean oxygen levels. This is important as oxygen is an indicator to the health of our oceans.
As sea temperatures increase, oxygen 'dead zones' can be created because warm water cannot hold as much oxygen. This can prove deadly to all marine life. 🧪⚠️
As sea temperatures increase, oxygen 'dead zones' can be created because warm water cannot hold as much oxygen. This can prove deadly to all marine life. 🧪⚠️
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A telemetry system has been deployed on the RAPID 26N WB2 western boundary mooring to enable periodic data updates. @noc.ac.uk
December 14, 2024 at 7:18 PM
A telemetry system has been deployed on the RAPID 26N WB2 western boundary mooring to enable periodic data updates. @noc.ac.uk
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Being an RSE isnt always just sitting at your desk. This week I aided in the deployment of the RAPID 26N WB2 sensor mooring for monitoring the change in the AMOC by optimising the tools used to verify and log the sensors going on to the mooring, all whilst aboard RRS Discovery.
December 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Being an RSE isnt always just sitting at your desk. This week I aided in the deployment of the RAPID 26N WB2 sensor mooring for monitoring the change in the AMOC by optimising the tools used to verify and log the sensors going on to the mooring, all whilst aboard RRS Discovery.