POL has taken part in an item on the history of tidal research in the North West of England as part of the BBC's A History Of The World In 100 Objects. The programme features filming at Liverpool Museum and Hilbre Island and at Bidston Observatory, the former location of POL before its move to the Liverpool University campus several years ago. The films will be transmitted on 18 January as part of the Inside Out regional programme on BBC1.

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The BBC and the British Museum have joined forces in an original and unprecedented public service partnership, focusing on world history. The main activity is a series on BBC Radio 4, A History Of The World In 100 Objects, which will broadcast from 18 January 2010. In addition, BBC Cymru Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and English Regions have joined forces with 350 museums and institutions across the country as part of "A History of the World". This will be the most ambitious nationwide museum partnership ever created. The partnerships will result in a unique range of programming and content telling the history of our nations and regions and their links with the rest of the world through the objects on display.

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The Proudman Oceanographic (POL) scientific research focuses on oceanography encompassing global sea-levels and geodesy, numerical modelling of continental shelf seas and coastal sediment processes. This research alongside activities of surveying, monitoring, data management and forecasting provides strategic support for the wider mission of the Natural Environment Research Council.

As a public funded body it is part of our remit to inform the public of the science and research undertaken at the laboratory. Attending events like the 'Ocean Awareness Weekend' at the Blue Planet Aquarium offers the opportunity for our scientists to meet members of the public and present the laboratory's work.

The Natural Environment Research Council is one of the UK's eight Research Councils. It uses a budget of about £ 350m a year to fund and carry out impartial scientific research in the sciences of the environment. NERC trains the next generation of independent environmental scientists. It is addressing some of the key questions facing mankind, such as global warming, renewable energy and sustainable economic development.