World Ozone Day – 16th September
The 2018 ozone hole began forming in late August and won’t reach its largest for over a fortnight. Already it covers most of the Antarctic continent, an area of 14 […]
445 to 456 of 932 results
-
Read more of: World Ozone Day – 16th September
-
Challenger Medal award
Read more of: Challenger Medal awardThe prestigious Challenger Medal for excellence in marine science has been awarded to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) oceanographer Professor Mike Meredith. Presented every two years by the Challenger Society – […]
-
BAS wins National Capability Funding
Read more of: BAS wins National Capability FundingThe British Antarctic Survey has been awarded National Capability funds for polar science which will strengthen UK national security, resilience, economic growth and societal benefit
-
Plastic solutions: workshop at BAS
Read more of: Plastic solutions: workshop at BASPeople, Plastics and the Planet is an international workshop to tackle the global plastic waste problem taking place at British Antarctic Survey’s Aurora Innovation Centre from 18th – 21st September 2018. Organised by BAS, Cambridge University and Value in Enterprise offers the unique opportunity for scientists and entrepreneurs to spend four days developing and testing ideas to address challenges posed by plastics in our environment.
-
New map of South Georgia wins award
Read more of: New map of South Georgia wins awardBritish Antarctic Survey’s detailed map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia featuring the epic “Shackleton Crossing” has won an award at the 2018 British Cartography Society Awards. The map, […]
-
BAS scientist joins research ship ‘drifting’ past North Pole
Read more of: BAS scientist joins research ship ‘drifting’ past North PoleUK scientists will join what could be the largest-scale Arctic research expedition ever planned when the German research ship, RV Polarstern, is deliberately lodged into sea ice to drift past […]
-
Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Read more of: Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon GanymedeUnderstanding of how Jupiter’s magnetic field interacts with its moons and with intense particle radiation.
-
“Thermal scar” from dinosaur era still warming base of Greenland Ice Sheet, new findings show
Read more of: “Thermal scar” from dinosaur era still warming base of Greenland Ice Sheet, new findings showA new ‘heat map’ shows, in unprecedented detail, how geothermal heat is escaping through the Earth’s surface beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. This is critical information for enabling scientists to […]
-
Update – new polar ship superstructure lifted onto hull
Read more of: Update – new polar ship superstructure lifted onto hullBIRKENHEAD. The superstructure of the new polar research ship for Britain, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, is now on top of the hull. Following the launch of the RRS Sir […]
-
State of the Polar Oceans report published
Read more of: State of the Polar Oceans report publishedReport published July 2018
-
Launch of RRS Sir David Attenborough – in pictures
Read more of: Launch of RRS Sir David Attenborough – in picturesThe majestic red hull of the RRS Sir David Attenborough glided in the River Mersey on Saturday 14 July. The launch button was pressed by the naturalist and broadcaster Sir […]
-
New polar research ship makes a ‘splash’
Read more of: New polar research ship makes a ‘splash’RRS Sir David Attenborough hull launch into River Mersey 14 July Update 20 July 2018 – watch video of launch A major milestone in the build of the UK’s state-of-the-art […]
