NEWS STORY: Glacier thinning at point of no return
Focus on Pine Island Glacier, Antarctica Pine Island Glacier, on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is the largest single contributor to sea-level rise in Antarctica. The stability of the […]
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NEWS STORY: New Year’s Honour
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New Year’s HonourNew Year’s Honour for BAS Head of Operations John Hall, Head of Operations and Logistics (OPAL) at BAS, was among those named in the New Year’s Honours List. He was […]
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NEWS STORY: Christmas at the stations
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Christmas at the stationsCelebrating Christmas in Antarctica Being at the height of the Antarctic Summer the Christmas period was a very busy time at the bases and although it was not as eagerly […]
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NEWS STORY: Greetings from Antarctica
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Greetings from AntarcticaChristmas messages from Antarctic staff Many British Antarctic Survey scientists and support staff will be spending this Christmas thousands of miles from home on the frozen continent. BAS has five […]
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NEWS STORY: New research on ocean currents
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New research on ocean currentsNew research sheds light on history of polar current Research conducted by a team that included scientists from British Antarctic Survey reveals the ocean current moving around the South Pole […]
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NEWS STORY: Staff head into deep Antarctica
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Staff head into deep AntarcticaBritish Antarctic Survey field season is underway On the eve of the centenary year of Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance Expedition the ship which bears his name is playing a crucial role […]
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NEWS STORY: Design opportunity
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Design opportunityArchitectural design opportunity – British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has advertised an opportunity to design and deliver a new Innovation Centre at its Cambridge offices. The commission […]
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NEWS STORY: Mapping Antarctica’s last frontier
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Mapping Antarctica’s last frontierMapping of remote Antarctic frontier will help model its reaction to climate change and unlock secrets of Earth’s ancient supercontinents. For the first time scientists have begun mapping one of […]
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NEWS STORY: World’s coldest place identified
Read more of: NEWS STORY: World’s coldest place identifiedScientists working at the United States National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said this week they have identified the coldest place on Earth using satellite observations of surface temperature. […]
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NEWS STORY: Climate change effects on shellfish
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Climate change effects on shellfishBAS takes the lead in ambitious science programme to aid fishing industry and monitor effects of climate change on Europe’s shellfish The supply of shellfish we buy at the supermarket […]
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NEWS STORY: Climate records from ice cores
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Climate records from ice coresNew ice core record shows climate variability in West Antarctica A 308-year ice core record provides new data on climate variability in coastal West Antarctica and shows that a clear […]
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NEWS STORY: Scientists contribute to oral history
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Scientists contribute to oral historyVoices of Science: a new British Library oral history archive A major oral history project to gather the life stories of British scientists has culminated in the launch of a […]