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As the 2026/27 Antarctic season gets underway, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is pressing ahead with its ambitious infrastructure modernisation programme at Rothera Research Station, one of the most demanding […]
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) researchers have helped identify the most important areas to protect Antarctic vegetation in the future, revealing that nearly four-fifths of the continent’s plant life currently lies outside protected areas.
More than 40 organisations are joining forces to strengthen how the rapidly changing Arctic is observed, understood and monitored.
From investigations using cutting-edge technologies, to building on decades of data collection – this season’s science will help us understand how this frozen landscape is changing.
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has been honoured at this year’s British Construction and Infrastructure Awards (BCIA), receiving recognition for its modernisation programme in Antarctica.
In a bold experiment to understand the behaviour of fast-changing glaciers in West Antarctica, scientists completely switched off the melting effects of the ocean in computer models.
This summer, the UK’s polar icebreaker the RRS Sir David Attenborough carried a team to Greenland for one of the most ambitious polar science expeditions ever attempted, deploying a fleet […]
New research reveals the loss of half a million chinstrap penguins from the Antarctic island of Zavodovski, as scientists fear they may now qualify as an ‘Endangered’ species.
Cambridge engineers have built the first microscope to see inside living cells in sub-zero conditions, revealing secrets of Antarctic fish survival.
The massive and deadly floods on the Nepal-Tibet border are a stark reminder of why the world needs to constantly update its understanding of the fragile ecosystem in the Himalayas.
University Hospitals Trust Plymouth have been re-awarded a contract to provide medical support to the British Antarctic Survey for the next four years.
A new international scientific review, co-authored by researchers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), warns that major gaps in our knowledge of Antarctica’s coastline are now among the biggest obstacles to producing reliable predictions of future global sea level rise.
