A marine science research programme is using innovative new technologies to monitor how the ocean is changing in response to the climate.

Leading the project is the Southampton-based National Oceanography Centre (NOC), in partnership with three major marine research institutions: Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Scottish Association for Marine Science, and Marine Biological Association.

Together they will collect data on the ocean's reaction to marine heatwaves, a rise in storms and sea-level rises.

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Professor Penny Holliday, chief scientific officer at NOC, said: "Significant damage has been caused to biodiversity and productivity of marine ecosystems, to shelf seas and coastal environments, and to inland areas through natural disasters, heatwaves, and storms.

"Understanding and predicting the ocean’s capacity to respond to further climate change is fundamental in how society adapts and mitigates the most extreme effects."

The project, known as AtlantiS, is funded by the UKRI - Natural Environment Research Council, and aims to protect the marine environment and support a sustainable blue economy.