Special Christmas messages from Antarctica
Antarctica 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 […]
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Seals help reveal secrets of the Southern Ocean
Read more of: Seals help reveal secrets of the Southern OceanScientists have gathered data from under and around the sea ice in Antarctica using sensors attached to southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). Small sensors were attached to over 50 seals […]
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New Non-Executive Directors for BAS
Read more of: New Non-Executive Directors for BASI am very pleased to announce the appointment of two Non-Executive members who will join the BAS Board with immediate effect. Professor John Shepherd FRS John Shepherd is a Professorial […]
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First marine biodiversity record for any Antarctic polar sea
Read more of: First marine biodiversity record for any Antarctic polar seaA special issue of the international journal Antarctic Science collates, for the first time, the diverse results obtained from the BIOPEARL research cruise (2006) within the Scotia Arc region of […]
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Male seabirds suffer at the hand of parasite-ridden mothers
Read more of: Male seabirds suffer at the hand of parasite-ridden mothersA new study has found that parasites contribute to reduced breeding success of seabird populations in the North Sea because they reduce the ability of mothers to rear their sons. […]
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Antarctic ice shelf ‘hanging by thread’
Read more of: Antarctic ice shelf ‘hanging by thread’New evidence has emerged that a large plate of floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica is breaking up, in a troubling sign of global warming, the European Space Agency (ESA) […]
