++ OCEANS WORMLEY ++
Welcome to the site where you will find
the story of the laboratory that was the home of UK oceanography from 1949 to 1995.
The Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Wormley lab in the 1980s
LATEST NEWS
December 2024 - Oceanography then and now, comparing present research ships with those
from the 1960s.
- Peter Taylor's seagoing diary from 1970.
- Colin Summerhayes' writings on climate change.
October 2023 - Pen Portrait of IOS Director Prof Henry Charnock added.
- Donation of RRS Discovery surgical instruments to NOC archives
- New section "Lives remembered" with obituaries and tributes to NIO/IOS staff.
- Addition of "50 years after the Mid Ocean Dynamics Experiment"
THE LABORATORY
For 42 years from 1952 to 1995 the small community of Wormley in the leafy countryside of southern England was the home of the major UK effort in deep-sea ocean science. OCEANS WORMLEY was for many years the laboratory's telegraphic address and seems an appropriate name for this site.
THE WEBSITE'S CONTENT AND PURPOSE
This site has material relating to the people who worked at the National Institute of Oceanography, the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences and the IOS Deacon Laboratory, and the contributions they made to science and technology. Initially a group of around 100 former staff and others interested in the history of the laboratory were kept informed by a series of Newsletters. These newsletters are not being continued but links to the Newsletters are provided below.
December 2010 : June 2011 : December 2011 : August 2012 : December 2012
This web site will continue to link these people and publish their recollections.