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The Ocean Research Group was formed in 1993 and is a large and active research group currently comprising two academics, one post-doctoral scholar, and seven PhD students. We currently hold NERC research grants in excess of £800,000 that support our work under a number of inter-related themes:

The role of the marine system in the global cycles of climatically active trace gases, including sulphur gases (principally COS & CS₂), nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄).

Parameterisation of air-sea gas exchange and the understanding of large scale oceanographic processes through the use of purposefully released tracers (SF₆, ³He, Rhodamine dyes etc).

The role of the Bacterioneuston in air-sea trace gas exchange.

The reactivity and photochemistry of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) in freshwater and marine environments and implications for Global Biogeochemistry.