A technology centre aiming to improve the UK's understanding of its oceans and coastlines has launched in Plymouth.
The National Centre for Coastal Autonomy - Britain's first autonomous fully integrated coastal observing and monitoring network - was founded by the Marine Biological Association, Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth.
It will employ a fleet of state-of-the-art surface autonomous vessels, sub-surface coastal platforms and sophisticated scientific buoys to gather data, which will support policy makers and other organisations to gain an enhanced understanding of the coastal environment.
