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British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC) @bodc.bsky.social · Jan 17
NERC-funded data delivers many benefits including:
🏘️Infrastructure developments
🔋Marine species and habitat protection
🌊Natural hazard resilience
🌍Climate action
Read more below 👇
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@ukri.org @ncas-uk.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social @britgeosurvey.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk
NERC data delivers solutions for society’s challenges
Long-term Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) investment in data boosts the UK economy, builds resilience and protects the environment.
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25 years of @ukargo.bsky.social !🎉

967+ floats; ~145k profiles; One global ocean!

From core Argo to biogeochemical, deep-ocean and polar missions, the UK continues to support the transition to #OneArgo — a next-generation, full-depth, multidisciplinary ocean observing system.
🌊🛰️📊🌎
January 15, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Thanks to Nathan Briggs @natebriggs.bsky.social & the RRS James Cook crew for recovering 🇫🇷 Deep #Argofloat 6902895 on the ReBELS-2 cruise in the Labrador Sea.
🌊 Recovered floats are key to sustainable ocean observation.
#Argofloats #ArgoRecovery #EAONE #Crossroad2 @noc.ac.uk @ifremer.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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#BODCDataAdvent, day 19!❄️ He'll be coming down the Chimney in less than 1 week!🎅

Take a look at this bathymetric data from the 'Characterisation of major overburden leakage pathways above sub-seafloor CO2 storage reservoirs in the North Sea' (#CHIMNEY)😜 project!

www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documen...
December 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Day 18 of #BODCDataAdvent, which means only 1 week to go...🎁🎅🎄

Check out the #GEBCO gridded bathymetry data for the world's oceans, held here at BODC, to track the oceans that Santa will be flying over next week🌍✨🎅🛷🌛

betadownload.gebco.net
December 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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On day 17 of #BODCDataAdvent we're choosing to ignore the rain.☔ Instead we're dreaming of a white Christmas by looking at the Concentration of Biogeochemical Components of Marine Snow❄️☃️Catcher particulate samples (CUSTARD-DY111) dataset.✨
Take a look for yourself🎄:
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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We're back with day 16 of #BODCDataAdvent! 🎄🎅❄️

Explore the distribution & composition of microplastics on Galápagos beaches, including Santa🎅 Cruz. Discover the data behind this critical environmental research.🌍🏝️🌊

Check it out: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
December 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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On day 12 of #BODCDataAdvent, the BODC data elves bring to you model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European sh'elf'😉 from 1992-2093 (version 2). Check it out for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
❄️🌟🌊🎅🎄
December 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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It's day 10 of #BODCDataAdvent and we're heading back to Christmas Island to keep us feeling festive!🎄🏝️
Christmas Island has its own code in the C32 controlled vocabulary for International Standards Organisation countries.🎄🎅 🏝️
Explore the rest of C32👇
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/C...
December 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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On the 9th day of #BODCDataAdvent, BODC give to you another festive data present!🎁 Check out these historical sea level observations from Santa🎅nder, Spain (1876-1928)!

www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
🎄✨❄️🌊🎅
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Day 8 of #BODCDataAdvent🎅🎄
Ever wondered what's on the seabed beneath the Arctic Circle? Check out #IBCAO gridded bathymetry data☃️❄️
Download subset regions of the IBCAO grid on our new beta data download service: betadownload.gebco.net, or download the whole grid: data.ceda.ac.uk/bodc/gebco/i...
December 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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🔔🛷🎄 Sleigh bells ring for Day 7 of #BODCDataAdvent — but in a scientific sense of course! Today we highlight Seaglider observations collected in the Belgica Trough and across the continental slope of the 'Bell'🔔😜ingshausen Sea, Antarctica, during February–March 2020. 🎅
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Happy day 6 of #BODCDataAdvent🎅! Today BODC give to you an image of a 'Christmas' tree🎄 created using attenuation, fluorometry and transmittance underway data from Changing Arctic Oceans Cruise (CAO) cruise JR18007.
Find out more about this cruise: hubs.la/Q02_z7g80
🎄🎁❄️☃️🎅
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Not feeling festive yet? Take a look at the Snow NERC controlled vocabularies, classifying snowfall❄️, and that's bound to make you feel merrier on the 5th day of #BODCDataAdvent! ❄️☃️🌟
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P...
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P...
vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/P...
❄️☃️✨🎄
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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On day 4 of #BODCDataAdvent, our data elves present(🎁) to you model outputs containing seabed mobility projections from the North Western European sh'elf'🎄😉 from 1992-2093 (version 2). Take a look for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/data/publish...
✨🌊🎄❄️☃️🎅
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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It's day 3 of #BODCDataAdvent and we're thinking of a white Christmas after looking at this EDMED for sea ice, snow and snow ice thickness at Finnish ice observation stations dating all the way back to 1880! ❄️✨☃️🎄
Check it out for yourself: www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Day 2 of #BODCDataAdvent and of course there's only one thing on our minds... Christmas (Island)!🎄🎅🎁🌟
Check out these Christmas🎅 Island sea level datasets, dating all the way back to 1955!
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documen...
www.bodc.ac.uk/data/documen...
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Happy 1st December from BODC!🎄🎅🎁☃️
We thought it would be appropriate to kick off the first day of #BODCDataAdvent by sharing this festive cruise track that forms a star, this is the JC071 PAP cruise.⭐🌟✨
Check out more cruises at: www.bodc.ac.uk/resources/in...
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Danielle Wright presenting updates on new Argo vocabulary changes in the NERC Vocabulary Service (NVS) at #ADMT26, hosted by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — helping keep Argo terms consistent, current, and interoperable.
#Argo #ADMT #NVS
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Today marks the end of #ADMT26, the annual Argo Data Management Team Meeting, hosted by @whoi.edu in Woods Hole, MA 🇺🇸. This major event brings together Argo teams from around the world to discuss Argo data management. 🤝 A key moment for the global #Argo programme!

#OneArgo #Argofloats #Oceanscience
October 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Kamila Walicka and Matt McCormack are presenting the Argo metadata validator tool for checking the consistency of JSON metadata with the NVS Argo schema, crucial for improving consistency and reliability of Argo metadata.
#Argo #ADMT26 @ukargo.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Kamila Walicka and Matt McCormack are presenting the Argo metadata validator tool for checking the consistency of JSON metadata with the NVS Argo schema, crucial for improving consistency and reliability of Argo metadata.
#Argo #ADMT26 @ukargo.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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James Clare presenting the new Argo Community Toolbox API. This has been built to improve the ease of use for both the Coriolis Argo Data Processing Chain and the Argo NETCDF File Format Checker.
#Argo #ADMT26 @whoi.edu
October 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Huge thank you and congratulations to Jon Turton as he retires from the UK Met Office!

His dedication and hard work on the UK Argo programme for over 25 years have been truly remarkable. His commitment and expertise have made a great contribution to the global Argo array.
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Day 3 of the #ADMT26 meeting at @whoi.edu is in full swing!

We dove deep into critical updates from the #BGC Argo mission, covering #OneArgo sensor frameworks for new sensors and mission parameters, documentation and procedures updates, and a review of the #BGC Argo products!
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Nathan Briggs is presenting the working group’s scientific assessment and recommendations on the ECO 3rd channel of the bio-optical sensor at the #ADMT26 meeting hosted by @whoi in Woods Hole, MA. #BGCfloats #ArgoFloats #Argo #OneArgo
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM