BAS is one of the world's leading environmental research centres and is responsible for the UK's national scientific activities in Antarctica.

NOCL is a world-leading centre in tidal and storm surge prediction and is a leading European centre in modelling and forecasting coastal water environments

NOCS is one of the world’s leading centres for research and education in marine and earth sciences.

PML conducts world-class, national and international research from the heads of estuaries to the open ocean.

As one of the world's oldest oceanographic organisations, SAMS has developed a reputation for high quality multidisciplinary research, with a focus on the northern seas.

SMRU provides the UK’s main science capability in the field of marine mammal biology.