Boaty McBoatface sheds light on warming ocean abyss
The debut mission involving the autonomous submarine Autosub Long Range – affectionately known as Boaty McBoatface – has for the first time shed light on a key process linking increasing […]
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Antarctic species in the face of a changing ocean
Read more of: Antarctic species in the face of a changing oceanA new study reveals how marine life around Antarctica will fare in an ocean which has declining levels of oxygen. Writing in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society […]
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Fishing hotspots show where sub-Antarctic seabirds at risk
Read more of: Fishing hotspots show where sub-Antarctic seabirds at riskA new study highlights that sub-Antarctic seabirds are most at risk from unsustainable fishing during the southern hemisphere winter and in the south Atlantic and Southwest Indian Oceans. The link […]
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First Antarctic construction season success
Read more of: First Antarctic construction season successANTARCTICA: At the onset of the Antarctic winter British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station bids farewell to 50 construction workers. They have spent the last six months building the […]
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Seal and penguin poo is major driver of Antarctic terrestrial biodiversity
Read more of: Seal and penguin poo is major driver of Antarctic terrestrial biodiversityA new study by BAS scientists and collaborators in the Netherlands shows that seal and penguin poo is key to Antarctic biodiversity on land. By studying concentrations of nitrogen-rich guano […]
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Solar heat drives rapid melting of Antarctic Ice Shelf
Read more of: Solar heat drives rapid melting of Antarctic Ice ShelfA section of the world’s largest ice shelf in Antarctica – around the size of Spain – is melting 10 times faster than average and warm ocean currents beneath it […]
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New polar ship takes to water once again
Read more of: New polar ship takes to water once againNew polar ship takes to the water once again
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Scientists map ‘deepest’ parts of Southern Ocean
Read more of: Scientists map ‘deepest’ parts of Southern OceanA team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey has for the first time mapped the deepest part of the South Sandwich Trench in the Southern Ocean. This part of […]
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Construction of new wharf begins as first frame is lowered into place
Read more of: Construction of new wharf begins as first frame is lowered into placeA major milestone has been reached in the construction of a new wharf at Rothera Research Station. The first of 20 steel frames, forming the skeleten of the new structure, has been lowered into place in a piece of precision engineering.
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Marine research expedition sets sail for the South Atlantic
Read more of: Marine research expedition sets sail for the South AtlanticA team of scientists set sail this week (12 March) for the remote South Atlantic islands of Tristan da Cunha and St Helena. This mission is part of BAS’ commitment […]
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BBC Radio 4 Today Programme in the Arctic
Read more of: BBC Radio 4 Today Programme in the ArcticThe NERC Arctic Station in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, is delighted to be hosting the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme this week (12-14 March 2019), including science editor Tom Feilden and presenter […]
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Expedition to Larsen C ice shelf thwarted by sea ice
Read more of: Expedition to Larsen C ice shelf thwarted by sea iceSea-ice conditions have prevented the Research Icebreaker Polarstern from reaching the Larsen Ice Shelf and the calving areas of iceberg A68.
