Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas
New 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.
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Monitoring whales from space
Read more of: Monitoring whales from spaceScientists have found that studying high-resolution images of whales from space is a feasible way to estimate their populations. A team, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), compared satellite images […]
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Pride Day declared on 18 November
Read more of: Pride Day declared on 18 NovemberThe Government of the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) and the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) celebrate the contribution of LGBTQ+ people by declaring 18 November […]
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Record warming at the South Pole
Read more of: Record warming at the South PoleThe South Pole has warmed at over three times the global rate since 1989, according to a paper published in Nature Climate Change today (29 June 2020). This warming period was […]
