NEWS STORY: Mountains frozen in time
Antarctic “ghost mountains” preserved by ice sheet A new study reveals how the rugged ridgelines of East Antarctica’s ancient and mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ have been preserved for millions of years […]
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NEWS STORY: New iSTAR season starts
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New iSTAR season startsScientists head to Pine Island Glacier for new research season A team of twelve scientists and support staff has arrived on Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica in the second […]
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NEWS STORY: Lessons from electrons
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Lessons from electronsStudy of electrons in space could help weather forecasting Researchers have discovered a formerly undetected impact of space weather on the polar atmosphere, which may explain some previously unexplained variations […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS to host workshop
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS to host workshopBritish Antarctic Survey hosts Chemical Air-Snow-Sea Ice Interaction workshop in Cambridge More than 60 scientists from over 15 countries are attending a workshop in Cambridge this week (13-15 October) to […]
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NEWS STORY: Dick Laws
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Dick LawsTribute to former Director of British Antarctic Survey It is with great sadness the British Antarctic Survey reports that Dick Laws died on Monday 6 October 2014 aged 88. He […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS in university collaboration
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS in university collaborationStronger together: Addressing global issues through thriving collaboration between University of Cambridge and British Antarctic Survey The challenges our planet is faced with require innovative approaches. To increase the impact […]
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NEWS STORY: New maps show unseen world
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New maps show unseen worldNew maps of the polar regions reveal unseen world beneath the ice and highlight dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice cover New maps of the sub-ice features in Antarctica and […]
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NEWS STORY: Sea ice minimum explained
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Sea ice minimum explainedArctic sea ice summer minimum 2014: A scientific perspective The Arctic sea ice minimum marks the day – typically in September – when sea ice reaches its smallest extent at […]
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NEWS STORY: World Ozone Day
Read more of: NEWS STORY: World Ozone DayToday, 16 September, is the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The date commemorates the signing of the Montreal Protocol, which sought to reduce atmospheric levels of […]
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NEWS STORY: Patagonian toothfish fishery
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Patagonian toothfish fisherySouth Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery recertified with flying colours Following its five-yearly Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment, the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish longline fishery has, for the third time, been […]
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NEWS STORY: Ice shelf break up explained
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Ice shelf break up explainedAntarctic Team Discovers Mechanism for Massive Ice Shelf Collapse New research has found that the cataclysmic break-up of a large floating ice shelf in the early 2000’s was primarily the […]
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NEWS STORY: Signs of ozone recovery
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Signs of ozone recoveryFirst signs of ozone layer recovery The ozone layer is showing the first signs of future recovery thanks to international action against ozone depleting substances, say the United Nations Environment […]
