New study explains moss migration across the globe
A new study on mosses found in the polar regions reveals when and how often they have migrated across the Equator. Mosses are the dominant flora in Antarctica, yet little is known of […]
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Climate Scientist awarded Prestigious Mathematical prize
Read more of: Climate Scientist awarded Prestigious Mathematical prizeLast week (12th July) Dr Emily Shuckburgh travelled to Pittsburgh, USA, and received the prestigious 2017 I. E. Block Community Lecture prize from SIAM – the Society for Industrial and […]
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Couple tie the knot in Antarctica
Read more of: Couple tie the knot in AntarcticaPolar field guides Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester tied the knot on Saturday (15 July) at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. This was the first official wedding to […]
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UK scientists to explore Changing Arctic Ocean
Read more of: UK scientists to explore Changing Arctic OceanA new £10 million research programme to investigate how the Arctic Ocean is changing kicked off last week (Friday 30 June) with its first research expedition to the Barents Sea. […]
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Climate change may cause expansion to ice-free areas across Antarctica
Read more of: Climate change may cause expansion to ice-free areas across AntarcticaIce-free areas in Antarctica could expand by close to 25 per cent by 2100 and drastically change the biodiversity of the continent, research published this week in Nature has shown. […]
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Boaty McBoatface returns home with unprecedented data
Read more of: Boaty McBoatface returns home with unprecedented dataResearchers have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth – known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) – during the first voyage of the yellow […]
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How much carbon can polar seafloor ecosystems store?
Read more of: How much carbon can polar seafloor ecosystems store?One of the best-known impacts of climate change is the loss of sea ice in the Arctic, but also in parts of the Antarctic: the poles are increasingly turning from […]
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Storms caused massive Antarctic sea ice loss in 2016
Read more of: Storms caused massive Antarctic sea ice loss in 2016A series of unprecedented storms over the Southern Ocean likely caused the most dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice seen to date, a new study finds. Antarctic sea ice – […]
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Midwinter’s Day 2017
Read more of: Midwinter’s Day 2017As darkness cloaks Antarctica, science and support staff wintering across the white continent will today celebrate Midwinter’s Day – the shortest day in the Austral winter. With some staff experiencing […]
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Team discovers sub-glacial lake from over 20,000 years ago
Read more of: Team discovers sub-glacial lake from over 20,000 years agoResearchers have provided new evidence that large sub-glacial lakes existed under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the last glacial period – around 20,000 years ago – a period when […]
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Plastic pollution in the Antarctic worse than expected
Read more of: Plastic pollution in the Antarctic worse than expectedThe levels of microplastic particles accumulating in the Antarctic are much worse than expected, a team of experts has warned. The continent is considered to be a pristine wilderness compared […]
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British Antarctic Survey at Bluedot Festival 2017
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey at Bluedot Festival 2017British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is delighted to be participating in this year’s Bluedot music festival in Macclesfield 7-9 July. The event, which last year attracted over 20,000 visitors, is billed […]
