Dr Matt Clark

Physical Oceanographer @NOCnews.
Outdoors enthusiast & 4x former committee member @SotonSUHC. Fixer/driver of @toastrackbus. Goes to gigs. Views my own.

[Ed Hawkins @ed_hawkins]

Good news: coal powered generation of electricity ends today in the UK.

https://t.co/79DACghVVa

[National Oceanography Centre @NOCnews]

🚢 #WorldMaritimeDay news! NOC is is trialling the use of a fossil-free marine diesel to fuel the #RRSJamesCook and #RRSDiscovery.

Learn about how Use of hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) is helping to make our ships more environmentally friendly here 👉 https://t.co/o2CodKZTLe

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

@NetworkRailWssx Lymington is Hampshire not Dorset!

[Kristin Burmeister @KristinBlubb]

That is the final @ukargo float deployed on #DY181 which marks also the end of science. Thanks to everyone on board of #RRSDiscovery for this very successful expedition exceeding every expectations. 10 years of NAC data are ready to get analysed #AtlantiS @SAMSoceannews @NOCnews

[National Oceanography Centre @NOCnews]

Scientists from NOC and @SAMSoceannews are onboard #RRSDiscovery for the #DY181 expedition, marking a decade of ongoing observations of a crucial part of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC).

More 👉ℹ️ https://t.co/ZZfCYPIuvE

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

Today was the final big mooring. At some stage in the past 2 years, it became tangled in a fishing line. The technicians and deck crew did an amazing job at recovering the mooring instruments and the plastic long line!
#DY181 @NOCnews @SAMSoceannews @osnap_updates

[Charlotte Marris (she/her) @char_marris]

Pilot whales alongside the #RRSDiscovery in the Iceland Basin!

#DY181 #AtlantiS #osnap #pilotwhales #oceanography #MarineLife #lifeatsea #atlanticocean #iceland

[Kristin Burmeister @KristinBlubb]

We are moving west. Today we successfully turned around an ADCP mooring west of Rockall Bank and perform communication test with a telemetry BPR from Sonardyne which we plan to deploy later in the Iceland basin. #DY181 #RRSDiscovery #AtlantiS @SAMSoceannews @NOCnews @uk_osnap

[Kristin Burmeister @KristinBlubb]

This morning Rockall greeted us in the flat and sunny sea at CTD station A. Great day to take a break from the mooring work and concentrate on CTDs. #DY181 @rockallisland #RRSDiscovery #AtlantiS @SAMSoceannews @NOCnews @uk_osnap @osnap_updates

[Kristin Burmeister @KristinBlubb]

This morning we deployed a test telemetry mooring. This is an important and new experiment to enable us collecting data from moorings while they are in the water. #dy181 #rrsdiscovery @uk_osnap @osnap_updates #AtlantiS @SAMSoceannews @NOCnews

[Christine Sams @ChristineSams9]

It might all be over for the #RoyalSocietyAtlantis event, but work continues on #DY181 expedition, with water sampling and recovery of moorings, providing us with scientific data critical to understanding the changing ocean #summerscience

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

CTDs, moorings and a bit of scenery! We're well underway with our science on this expedition #DY181

CTDs are lowered vertically through the water column, providing real-time observations. Remotely closable Niskin bottles on the array allow us to sample water from any depth.

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

And so it begins! Excited to be joining an expedition onboard the RRS Discovery for nearly a month at sea along the Ellet Array! Of course, I'll try post updates as we go #DY181 #ElletArray

[Met Office @metoffice]

While it may not have felt like it for many, with sunshine in short supply, provisional figures show May and spring were the warmest on record for the UK.

Get the full details, including how warm nights influenced the figures �While it may not have felt like it for many, with sunshine in short supply, provisional figures show May and spring were the warmest on record for the UK.

Get the full details, including how warm nights influenced the figures �While it may not have felt like it for many, with sunshine in short supply, provisional figures show May and spring were the warmest on record for the UK.

Get the full details, including how warm nights influenced the figures �While it may not have felt like it for many, with sunshine in short supply, provisional figures show May and spring were the warmest on record for the UK.

Get the full details, including how warm nights influenced the figures �While it may not have felt like it for many, with sunshine in short supply, provisional figures show May and spring were the warmest on record for the UK.

Get the full details, including how warm nights influenced the figures �While it may not have felt like it for many, with sunshine in short supply, provisional figures show May and spring were the warmest on record for the UK.

Get the full details, including how warm nights influenced the figures 👇

[National Oceanography Centre @NOCnews]

#OceanOpenDay at our site in Southampton takes place THIS SATURDAY!

There is still time to book your FREE tickets. Find out more here 🎟️🎟️ https://t.co/CIUORYOmjx

#WorldOceanDay

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

Well that's not a night I'll forget easily. Saw a band called Green Haze (Green Day tribute) only to be greeted by a green haze of the space weather kind straight after! Drove to St Catherine's Hill in Winchester to avoid as much light pollution.
#Aurora

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

A fantastic and FREE opportunity to get 'behind the scenes' access to some of the ocean and earth research going on at NOC!

[National Oceanography Centre @NOCnews]

🚪 Step inside NOC on #WorldOceanDay!

For the first time since 2019, we're opening to the public. Tickets are now available for our #OceanOpenDay on Saturday 8th June 2024.

Find out what's in store 📋 https://t.co/pLb2a2DYZS

GET YOUR TICKETS 🎟️ https://t.co/0NPVK3DjOi

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

It's poster time! Come find me at board X5.228 to learn about a new method for decomposing ocean temperature change into excess (anthropogenic) and redistributed
#EGU24 @EuroGeosciences

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

I'm at the @EuroGeosciences general assembly in Vienna this week, keeping up to date with the latest developments in ocean science. I'm also presenting my research with @NOCnews, in the AM poster session on Wednesday. Come find me in Hall X5! Board X5.228.

[Dr Matt Clark @Ocean_MattC]

"Oceanography, that's just fish isn't it?" 🐟🤦‍♂️
That's the one I get the most. Yet oceanography is a whole lot more! In fact I am a physical oceanographer, which means I look at ocean physics including things like the temperature, salinity and the currents that move water around.

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

What's the funniest misconception you've heard about your field of study?