Drones and images from space count elephant seals
A team of researchers are using drones and satellite images from space to count southern elephant seals on the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia.
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9 November 2024: Postcard from Rothera Research Station
Read more of: 9 November 2024: Postcard from Rothera Research StationWelcome to our second Postcard from Rothera Research Station, giving you an update on progress as we modernise our largest station in Antarctica.
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BAS wins national award for runway resurfacing project
Read more of: BAS wins national award for runway resurfacing projectBritish Antarctic Survey has won the Gold Award at the National Building and Construction Awards 2024 for ‘The Project of the Year (£10 million to £25 million)’.
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A new Antarctic season begins for 2024/25
Read more of: A new Antarctic season begins for 2024/25The Antarctic field season is now underway, marked by the arrival of the first aircraft at Rothera Research Station. And with a new season brings a new roster of innovative and exciting projects being delivered across British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) five research stations and the UK’s polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough.
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New funding to underpin long-term polar research
Read more of: New funding to underpin long-term polar researchBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) is a beneficiary of a major investment in the UK’s network of leading environmental science research centres announced today (8 October).
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Satellite observations show accelerating greening of Antarctic Peninsula
Read more of: Satellite observations show accelerating greening of Antarctic PeninsulaNew research released today in Nature Geoscience reveals that vegetation cover on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold in the past four decades.
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Regional data highlights emerging climate change signals
Read more of: Regional data highlights emerging climate change signalsA greater understanding of how climate change impacts at a regional level is vital to developing effective climate policies that protect communities from escalating risks.
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Antarctica’s sea ice could impact seabirds’ food supply
Read more of: Antarctica’s sea ice could impact seabirds’ food supplyAntarctica’s rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent.
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New project to unlock life’s secrets in extreme cold
Read more of: New project to unlock life’s secrets in extreme coldCambridge researchers are set to explore the uncharted depths of life in the extreme cold, with findings that could reshape our understanding of biology and pave the way for future scientific breakthroughs.
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Rocket launch discovers long-sought global electric field on Earth
Read more of: Rocket launch discovers long-sought global electric field on EarthAn international team of scientists, including a researcher from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has, for the first time, successfully measured a planet-wide electric field thought to be as fundamental to Earth as its gravity and magnetic fields.
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First Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation efforts
Read more of: First Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation effortsThe first continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica reveals growth in previously uncharted areas, and is set to inform conservation measures across the region.
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Mysterious patterns revealed on ice shelf bottom
Read more of: Mysterious patterns revealed on ice shelf bottomAn international research team deployed the uncrewed submersible ‘Ran’ underneath 350 m thick ice. They got back the very first detailed maps covering extensive areas of the underside of a glacier, revealing clues to future sea level rise.
