Polar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacks
An international team of scientists have used air bubbles in polar ice from pre-industrial times to measure the sensitivity of the Earth’s land biosphere to changes in temperature.
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Albatrosses use different regions when on migration
Read more of: Albatrosses use different regions when on migrationA new study of the movements of sub-Antarctic albatrosses tracked from two remote islands some 5,000 km apart, shows that although the birds from each breeding site take similar routes around the Southern Ocean, they forage in different areas for the majority of the time. The results are published this month in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.
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Ocean warming primary cause of glacier retreat
Read more of: Ocean warming primary cause of glacier retreatA new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to sea-level rise and this new finding will enable researchers to make better predictions of ice loss from this region.
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Antarctic exhibition lands at Farnborough
Read more of: Antarctic exhibition lands at FarnboroughThe Farnborough International Air Show is the next stop for a touring exhibition which highlights what space missions can learn about the isolation that confronts people who work in Antarctica. […]
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First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone hole
Read more of: First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone holeAn international team of researchers has identified the “first fingerprints of healing” of the Antarctic ozone layer, published this week (30 June 2016) in the journal Science.
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Wind-blown Antarctic sea ice helps drive ocean circulation
Read more of: Wind-blown Antarctic sea ice helps drive ocean circulationAntarctic sea ice is constantly on the move as powerful winds blow it away from the coast and out toward the open ocean. A new study published today in the journal Nature Geoscience (Monday 27 June) shows how that ice migration may be more important for the global ocean circulation than anyone realized.
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Shellfish study published this month
Read more of: Shellfish study published this monthNew technologies and techniques used in a scientific study of the shells of oysters, mussels, clams and scallops reveal clues about how these commercially valuable species may fare in a changing world, and how discarded shells from the aquaculture industry could benefit the environment.
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Medical evacuation successfully completed
Read more of: Medical evacuation successfully completedThe medical evacuation from the US South Pole station via British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station has been completed successfully. A Twin Otter arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile in the […]
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Antarctic ‘space’ exhibition opens in Cheltenham
Read more of: Antarctic ‘space’ exhibition opens in CheltenhamAn exhibition showing how the isolation of Antarctica is used as a platform for understanding space opens this week (7-12 June) at The Times Science Festival in Cheltenham.
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UK reaffirms commitment to protecting Antarctica
Read more of: UK reaffirms commitment to protecting AntarcticaInternational declaration marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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Antarctic fossils show creatures wiped out by asteroid
Read more of: Antarctic fossils show creatures wiped out by asteroidA study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions.
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Documentary follows BBC’s Peter Gibbs back to the ice
Read more of: Documentary follows BBC’s Peter Gibbs back to the iceBBC Horizon documentary ‘Ice Station Antarctica’ to be broadcast on Wednesday 4 May at 8pm, BBC2.
