New maps show why glacier ice front suddenly shrank
Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is one of the fastest-flowing glaciers in Antarctica. Over the last eleven years, four major icebergs have broken off from its floating ice shelf. […]
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British Antarctic Survey archives awarded United Nations recognition
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey archives awarded United Nations recognitionA collection of reports and photos from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), documenting the UK’s leading role in the modern era of Antarctic exploration, is being inscribed onto UNESCO’s UK […]
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Fungi respire millennium-old carbon from Antarctic soil
Read more of: Fungi respire millennium-old carbon from Antarctic soilFungi in Antarctic soils release carbon that is more than a thousand years old, a team led by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has found. This discovery sheds light on how carbon is released into the atmosphere as polar regions warm.
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Hay Festival short film highlights Antarctic climate science
Read more of: Hay Festival short film highlights Antarctic climate scienceLeading climate scientist and BAS oceanographer Dr Emily Shuckburgh worked with award-winning author and illustrator Chris Haughton to create the short film Message from Antarctica. This is part of the […]
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Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South Pole
Read more of: Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South PoleRevealing Antarctica’s hidden world
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Special issue on how oceans are changing
Read more of: Special issue on how oceans are changingThe seas around the Antarctic Peninsula are biologically extremely rich, but are climatically sensitive, having experienced some of the fastest warming globally in recent decades. A special issue of the […]
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“Hairdryer winds” cause ice melt during Antarctic winter
Read more of: “Hairdryer winds” cause ice melt during Antarctic winterA new study involving scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) suggests for the first time that warm winds are creating large surface melting of ice shelves in Antarctica during the […]
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Prestigious international award for oceanographer
Read more of: Prestigious international award for oceanographerProfessor Mike Meredith wins prize
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Joint UK-U.S. Antarctic programme to study future sea level rise
Read more of: Joint UK-U.S. Antarctic programme to study future sea level riseA new UK-U.S. Antarctic research programme to improve the prediction of future sea-level rise is launched this week (Monday 30 April 2018) at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge. The £20 […]
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Success in the South Atlantic
Read more of: Success in the South AtlanticA team of scientists on board the RRS James Clark Ross (JCR) has conducted marine biodiversity research around the Island of St Helena with a team of UK based and […]
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Call for Arctic ship-based research proposals
Read more of: Call for Arctic ship-based research proposalsDeadline for proposals 5 July 2018
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Warming oceans could put seabirds out of sync with prey
Read more of: Warming oceans could put seabirds out of sync with preySeabirds may struggle to find food for their chicks as they are unable to shift their breeding seasons as the climate warms, a new study suggests. Rising sea temperatures in […]
