Medal win for space weather scientist
The award recognises Professor Horne’s unique ability to combine basic and applied research to develop useful space weather products.
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Humpback whales return to South Georgia
Read more of: Humpback whales return to South GeorgiaA new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial whaling decimated their populations. The […]
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A68 iceberg heads towards South Georgia
Read more of: A68 iceberg heads towards South GeorgiaAn iceberg is heading towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A68a – the size of the UK county of Somerset – broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf […]
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Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas
Read more of: Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seasNew study of plastics in the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands
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RRS Sir David Attenborough departs Cammell Laird for technical sea trials
Read more of: RRS Sir David Attenborough departs Cammell Laird for technical sea trialsBIRKENHEAD. Today (Wednesday 21 October) the UK’s most advanced polar research ship – RRS Sir David Attenborough – leaves Cammell Laird shipyard for two weeks of technical sea trials. In […]
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Research priorities for effective krill management
Read more of: Research priorities for effective krill managementAn international ‘Krill Action Group’, including experts from the British Antarctic Survey, has identified several research priorities to advance the understanding of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and improve the management […]
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Climate scientists uncover 30-year-old temperature record
Read more of: Climate scientists uncover 30-year-old temperature recordThe World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized a temperature of -69.6°C (-93.3°F) at an automatic weather station in Greenland on 22 December 1991 as the coldest ever recorded in the […]
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Automated Halley monitors the ozone hole over Antarctica
Read more of: Automated Halley monitors the ozone hole over AntarcticaThis World Ozone Day, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) celebrates new technology which enables continuous monitoring of the ozone hole over Antarctica. Readings from the Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometer at Halley Research […]
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Synchronous timing of past abrupt climate changes
Read more of: Synchronous timing of past abrupt climate changesNew research has revealed that climate changes associated with past episodes of abrupt warming in Greenland occurred synchronously across a region extending from the Arctic to the Southern Hemisphere subtropics. […]
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Update on 2020/21 Antarctic field season: responding to COVID-19 pandemic
Read more of: Update on 2020/21 Antarctic field season: responding to COVID-19 pandemicBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) provides more detail about its Antarctic season operational plan for the forthcoming field season and how it plans to keep Antarctica virus-free. COVID-19 continues to present […]
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Dr Huw Griffiths awarded SCAR Medal for Education and Communication
Read more of: Dr Huw Griffiths awarded SCAR Medal for Education and CommunicationPlease join us in congratulating Dr Huw Griffiths, Marine Biogeographer at British Antarctic Survey, who has been awarded the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Medal for Education and Communication. […]
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Spotlight on equality, diversity and inclusion
Read more of: Spotlight on equality, diversity and inclusionNew blogs, refreshed web content and a social media campaign aim to highlight a two-year programme of work aimed at boosting diversity in UK polar science.
