Queen Maxima christens NIOZ research vessel RV Anna Weber-van Bosse
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ)
Published: 12 March 2026
The 80-metre RV Anna Weber-van Bosse, one of the world's most advanced research vessels, was christened at NIOZ on Texel, enabling worldwide research into climate change, ocean circulation, and marine biodiversity.
Keywords: research vessel, NIOZ, ocean observation, marine technology, climate research, ocean circulation, Netherlands
New research connects ocean salinity to atmospheric pressure and storm patterns
National Oceanography Centre
Published: 21 November 2025
NOC researchers found that freshwater anomalies in the North Atlantic subpolar gyre significantly affect atmospheric pressure and storm patterns over Eurasia, with implications for seasonal weather forecasting.
Keywords: ocean salinity, atmospheric pressure, storm patterns, subpolar gyre, freshwater anomaly, North Atlantic, AMOC, seasonal forecasting
2025 ACM Gordon Bell Prize Awarded for Breakthrough Research on Real-Time Tsunami Forecasting
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 20 November 2025
Researchers from UT Austin, LLNL, and Scripps won the ACM Gordon Bell Prize for developing a digital twin tsunami forecasting system that compresses 50 years of computation to under one second using the El Capitan supercomputer.
Keywords: Gordon Bell Prize, tsunami forecasting, digital twin, Cascadia subduction zone, supercomputing, exascale computing, seismology
