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News 25 April, 2017
New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behaviour of Antarctic ice shelves. Presenting this week at a European conference scientists…
Read more on New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves
Blogpost 31 October, 2014
…it was a very fleeting visit. The weather wasn’t to last though and fohn winds arrived that melted all the snow within the space of 48 hours. The quiet wasn’t…
News 4 May, 2020
As the world continues to work around lockdown, the EGU General Assembly 2020 will take place this week (4-8 May) online. The annual EGU (European Geosciences Union) meeting, which usually…
News 19 February, 2018
On 30th January 1982, a record high temperature of +19.8°C was measured at Signy Research Station – a record for any station south of 60°S. In this paper, we examined…
News 23 January, 2024
Scientists at British Antarctic Survey have found that the number of warm weather events in the South Orkney Islands have significantly increased in frequency over the last 75 years. Using…
Read more on Scientists chart the growing weather extremes on maritime Antarctic islands
News 1 July, 2021
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…
Read more on New verified temperature record for Antarctic continent
News 1 March, 2017
A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) committee of experts announces this week (Wed 1 March) new records for the highest temperatures recorded in the Antarctic Region. The results are part of…