End of the Rothera winter and arrival of the first aircraft
Marking the end of the Rothera winter, Rothera had its first visitors since the departure of the Ernest Shackleton in March. On Tuesday a Kenn Borek Air (KBA) Twin Otter […]
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British Antarctic Survey engineers set off to explore the unknown
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey engineers set off to explore the unknownThe Advance Party from a team of 10 scientists and engineers planning to drill through 3km of ice in to an ancient hidden lake has begun its long journey from […]
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Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica’s seabed
Read more of: Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica’s seabedA rapid increase in the frequency of icebergs pounding the shallow seafloor around the West Antarctic Peninsula — as a result of shrinking winter sea ice — has caused the […]
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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 September
Read more of: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 SeptemberNew documentary examines the status of the Ozone Hole on the anniversary of the Montreal Protocol – a global agreement banning ozone depleting substances It’s over 25 years since British […]
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800,000 years of abrupt climate variability
Read more of: 800,000 years of abrupt climate variabilityAn international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, has produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 […]
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Raising the flag to celebrate the return of the sun
Read more of: Raising the flag to celebrate the return of the sunStaff at British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station recently raised the Union flag to mark the first sighting of the sun again after several weeks of continual darkness. The sun […]
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Antarctic Organisation Announces Fellowship Recipient
Read more of: Antarctic Organisation Announces Fellowship RecipientAmelia Marks, from Royal Holloway University in the UK, has been awarded the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) Research Fellowship 2011/2012. The Fellowship, worth up to US$15,000, […]
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2011 Martha T. Muse Prize awarded to BAS marine ecologist Dr José Xavier
Read more of: 2011 Martha T. Muse Prize awarded to BAS marine ecologist Dr José XavierDr. José Xavier, a marine ecologist at the Institute of Marine Research of the University of Coimbra in Portugal and the British Antarctic Survey in UK, has been awarded the […]
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What lies beneath? Scientists discuss Antarctica’s hidden mountains
Read more of: What lies beneath? Scientists discuss Antarctica’s hidden mountainsScientists from British Antarctic Survey and institutes around the world discuss ‘what lies beneath the ice’ at the International Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences in Edinburgh today (Friday 15 July). […]
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Antarctic researchers strive to make better predictions for future sea-level rise
Read more of: Antarctic researchers strive to make better predictions for future sea-level riseAntarctic geoscientists and ice sheet modellers get together in Edinburgh this week to investigate ways to improve predictions of likely sea-level rise as a result of future ice loss from […]
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International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) 2011
Read more of: International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) 2011BAS scientists are participating in the prestigious International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) in Edinburgh this week (11–15 July). Over 500 experts in the fields of geology and glaciology […]
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50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty coming into force
Read more of: 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty coming into forceExactly fifty years ago today (23 June 1961) the Antarctic Treaty came into force dedicating Antarctica for ‘peace and science’. The treaty regulates international relations for Antarctica – Earth’s only […]