Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to attend Naming Ceremony of New Polar Ship

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Sir David Attenborough will attend the Royal Ceremonial Naming of the New Polar Research Ship at the Cammell Laird shipyard on Thursday 26 …

Dense Antarctic water returning to the Atlantic

The supply of dense Antarctic water from the bottom of the ocean to the Atlantic has declined in recent years. However, a new study explains for the first time how …

First evidence of human-caused climate change melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet

New study reveals the first evidence of a direct link between human-induced global warming and melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Oceanographic and climatic consequences of the tectonic evolution of the southern scotia sea basins, Antarctica

Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island

A team of scientists has discovered a rare lava lake on a remote and inaccessible sub-Antarctic island. This volcano in the South Sandwich Islands is only the 8th to be identified worldwide to have a persistent lava lake.

Past water flow beneath Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers, West Antarctica

AI for Environmental Sciences

Rachel Furner is a PhD student at British Antarctic Survey, which has recently opened up its new AI Lab, that aims to foster the application of various machine learning (and …

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