NOC Into the Blue Podcast

While there are many natural hazards endangering the population of the planet, none are more destructive than flooding, with a quarter of the worlds population being exposed to flooding at some point in their lives. The University of Southampton's Professor Ivan Haigh and NOC's Professor Jenny Brown join Dr Zoe Jacobs on Into the Blue to discuss the risks flooding poses to coastal communities in particular and the ways we are mitigating those risks, including the creation of The Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).

Find out more about FLOOD-CDT here - https://flood-cdt.ac.uk/

Next year professional sailor and NOC ambassador Dee Caffari MBE is taking on the Trophee Jules Verne, a speed record around the world, with an all-female crew - but has climate change made the record impossible to break? Dee sits down with NOC's Dr Ben Moat to pose some of the questions she has over the challenges the ocean will pose while attempting to break the record.

Our oceans are teeming with marine life, especially in areas like the mysterious Twilight zone, but did you know that they play a vital part in our climate? NOC's Dr Adrian Martin and Dr Zoe Jacobs unpack the role they play in key climate systems like carbon storage and what the short and long term effects are in taking advantage of the benefits.

NOC is equipped with some of the most technologically advanced pieces of equipment in the world to carry out our groundbreaking science and at the forefront of this is our Remotely Operated Vehicle, or ROV. Emre Mutlu, a Software Engineer and one of NOC's ROV pilots, joins the podcast to give us the lowdown on the vehicles capabilities, some adventures at sea and why it's one of the most important assets in learning more about the ocean.

He's conquered Everest, he's rowed the Atlantic Ocean solo, he's cycled and flown around the world... and now he's going to sail around the world! NOC ambassador James Ketchell is the ultimate adventurer, and now he's joined Into the Blue to lift the lid on his incredible life and briefs us on his biggest adventure yet as he bids to become the first person to circumnavigate the globe by air, land AND sea.

Are the decisions surrounding rivers made inland intrinsically tied to coastal and ocean health? NOC PhD student Hannah Muir will aim to answer this question and more on her bikepacking adventure tracing the Rhine from it's source in the Swiss Alps to the North Sea in the Netherlands. In the first episode of the third season of NOC's award-winning podcast, Hannah talks us through the journey and what she hopes to find out along the way.