Towards Net Zero: demystifying the terminology

For the inaugural Net Zero Awareness Week (17-23 July), Natalia Ford — Sustainability Manager at British Antarctic Survey, raises some of the challenges of talking about reducing carbon emissions and …

BAS Shortlisted for British Construction Industry Awards (BCI)

British Antarctic Survey and the partners delivering the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme are finalists for this year’s British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards in the ‘Partnership Initiative of the Year’ category. …

UK and Australian new polar research ships rendezvous on sea trials

The UK and Australia’s two new polar research ships get together off the coast of Falmouth during sea trials.

Analysis and attribution of climate change in the upper atmosphere from 1950 to 2015 simulated by WACCM-X

Mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras is solved

The 40-year-old mystery of what causes Jupiter’s X-ray auroras has been solved. For the first time, scientists have seen the entire mechanism at work – and it could be a …

Experimental determination of reflectance spectra of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Scotia Sea

Acoustic research sheds new light on whale sounds 

Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), and international collaborators have this week published the first detailed research on the sounds made by southern right …

New verified temperature record for Antarctic continent

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has today (1 July 2021) recognised a new record high temperature for the Antarctic continent of 18.3° Celsius on 6 February 2020 at the Esperanza …

RRS Sir David Attenborough getting ready for next phase of sea trials

The RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) is getting ready for its next round of sea trials.  This is an important part of the preparations for the ship’s first Antarctic mission.  The …

Polar Zero: visual arts take centre stage at COP26

Immersive science-art ice core research exhibition to be displayed at Glasgow Science Centre during COP26

BLOG: Diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond

Jon Ager joined British Antarctic Survey as Director of the UK Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme in 2019, after serving for almost 35 years in the Royal Air Force and aerospace …

Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office helping increasing representation of people from under-represented groups engaged in Polar Science.

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