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Dr. 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 […]
Scientists 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). […]
Antarctic 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 […]
BAS 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 […]
Exactly 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 […]
Staff at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) celebrate Midwinter’s Day today. Celebrated as the Summer Solstice in the northern hemisphere, Midwinter’s day is the shortest and darkest day for the […]
A memorial monument dedicated to Britons who lost their lives in the service of science in Antarctica was unveiled in Cambridge on 12 May 2011. The monument – an arc […]
Every year the Laws Prize Committee, chaired by Professor John Croxall CBE FRS, tries to select the most outstanding young scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. This year the choice […]
Two memorials dedicated to Britons who lost their lives in the service of science in Antarctica are unveiled this week. Since 1948, a total of 29 people have died in […]
This year we almost had an ozone hole over Cambridge. Normally the Arctic ozone layer is about 10° warmer than that over the Antarctic, and this means that polar stratospheric […]
Since August 2010, Dr Emily Shuckburgh, Head of British Antarctic Survey’s Open Oceans research group, has been working two days per week at the Department of Energy and Climate Change […]
The annual Lyme Regis Fossil Festival took place last weekend (29 Apr – 1 May) with the theme ‘Marine Parade’ – celebrating the area’s marine fossil heritage. The festival included […]