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NERC launches scoping project for Net-Zero Oceanographic Capability
2 October 2020
With UKRI’s commitment to achieve net-zero by 2040, NERC has launched a 12-month scoping study to move towards a net-zero oceanographic capability.
NERC’s current marine infrastructure contributes over two thirds of its carbon emissions, largely through the operation of three large research ships:
RRS James Cook
RRS Discovery.
While the ships, other marine infrastructure, and support services provide the UK environmental science community with a world-leading oceanographic capability, it does so with a high carbon cost.
The Net-Zero Oceanographic Capability (NZOC) scoping project will look to the future of marine science and provide a series of infrastructure, research, and development options that could reduce the carbon emissions of the UK’s oceanographic infrastructure towards net-zero, while maintaining its world-leading capability.