Cold hard complexity: learning to talk in nature’s language
A gentoo penguin slumps belly-first on a nest at Damoy, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Nearby some lichen grows across a rock, and schools of krill float through the Southern Ocean. […]
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How Antarctic ice cores give us clues about Earth’s future climate
Read more of: How Antarctic ice cores give us clues about Earth’s future climateScience writer and broadcaster Richard Hollingham meets Dr Robert Mulvaney at the British Antarctic Survey, who explains how collecting ice cores from all over Antarctica gives scientists a unique window […]
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Reuters news team visit Rothera Research Station
Read more of: Reuters news team visit Rothera Research StationReuters reporters Alister Doyle and Stuart McDill are visiting Rothera Research Station to file a series of special reports about the research there. Dr Pete Convey is one of the […]
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First exploration of Antarctica’s vents and seeps
Read more of: First exploration of Antarctica’s vents and seepsBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists and colleagues from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), the Zoological Society of London and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the USA are set to […]
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Glaciologist recognised in New Year Honours List
Read more of: Glaciologist recognised in New Year Honours ListRecognised internationally for his research into the Earth’s past climate, Dr Mulvaney, has led British and collaborative deep-field missions to collect Antarctic ice cores from some of the most inaccessible […]
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Special Christmas messages from Antarctica
Read more of: Special Christmas messages from AntarcticaAntarctica Christmas Eve While most of us are enjoying the festive season with our friends and families, British Antarctic Survey science and support teams are enjoying the ultimate white Christmas […]
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Latest news from the AGAP teams
Read more of: Latest news from the AGAP teamsSince leaving home a few weeks ago the international science teams investigating Antarctica’s hidden world have been at the Australian Davis, US McMurdo and South Pole research stations preparing themselves […]
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Biodiversity podcast on Planet Earth Online
Read more of: Biodiversity podcast on Planet Earth OnlineListen to Dave Barnes and Katrin Linse talking to Richard Hollingham for NERC’s Planet Earth Online about the remarkable biodiversity around Antarctica’s South Orkney Islands. Related link Biodiversity Podcast on […]
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Solar system’s longest lava flows found
Read more of: Solar system’s longest lava flows foundThe longest lava flows in the solar system formed mountain ranges across three continents, according to new geological research. Ferrar basalts Called the Ferrar basalts, the rocks formed by the […]
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Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change visit BAS
Read more of: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change visit BASSecretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP visited British Antarctic Survey on Friday 31 October on a fact-finding mission. In the week that new […]
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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Read more of: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone LayerIn May 1985 in the journal Nature British Antarctic Survey scientists reported their discovery of an ‘ozone hole’ over Antarctica. The United Nations Environmental Programme proclaims 16 September the International […]
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Calling all plumbers and electricians to work in Antarctica
Read more of: Calling all plumbers and electricians to work in AntarcticaCalling all plumbers and electricians to work in Antarctica British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the world-leading scientific research centre, is seeking a plumber or electrician to work at its Bird Island […]