New polar research ship makes a ‘splash’
RRS Sir David Attenborough hull launch into River Mersey 14 July Update 20 July 2018 – watch video of launch A major milestone in the build of the UK’s state-of-the-art […]
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New insight into an enigmatic Antarctic apex predator
Read more of: New insight into an enigmatic Antarctic apex predatorScientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have, for the first time, tracked the lives of leopard seals as they migrate around Antarctica. The team followed these formidable predators as they […]
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Major shift in marine life occurred 33 million years later
Read more of: Major shift in marine life occurred 33 million years laterA new study of marine fossils from Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand and South America reveals that one of the greatest changes to the evolution of life in our oceans occurred […]
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European wind energy generation potential in a 1.5˚C world
Read more of: European wind energy generation potential in a 1.5˚C worldThe UK and large parts of northern Europe could become windier if global temperatures reach 1.5˚C above pre-industrial levels, according to a new study. This has implications for wind energy […]
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New study reveals increased snowfall in Antarctica over last two centuries
Read more of: New study reveals increased snowfall in Antarctica over last two centuriesThe first comprehensive study of snowfall across Antarctica provides vital information in the study of future sea-level rise. Presenting this week (Monday 9 April 2018) at the European Geosciences Union […]
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Research mission to Larsen C Ice Shelf thwarted by sea ice
Read more of: Research mission to Larsen C Ice Shelf thwarted by sea iceHeavy sea ice conditions have thwarted a science mission from reaching the Larsen C Ice Shelf in Antarctica from which a large iceberg broke off in July 2017. A team […]
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First expedition to newly exposed Antarctic ecosystem
Read more of: First expedition to newly exposed Antarctic ecosystemA team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), heads to Antarctica this week (14 February) to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice […]
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Expedition to ‘health-check’ Southern Right Whales
Read more of: Expedition to ‘health-check’ Southern Right WhalesAn international team of researchers, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), travels to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia this month (January) to carry out the first scientific whale survey […]
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New map reveals landscape beneath Greenland’s ice sheet
Read more of: New map reveals landscape beneath Greenland’s ice sheetA new map of what lies beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet is published this week (Thursday 14 December 2017). By providing scientists with the most comprehensive, high resolution and accurate […]
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New satellite imagery reveals new highest Antarctic Peninsula Mountain
Read more of: New satellite imagery reveals new highest Antarctic Peninsula MountainCartographers surveying Antarctica have discovered Mt Hope is the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) at 3,239 m (10,654 ft) above sea level. Until now, maps showed Mt […]
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Albatrosses in decline from fishing and environmental change
Read more of: Albatrosses in decline from fishing and environmental changeThe populations of wandering, black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses have halved over the last 35 years on sub-antarctic Bird Island according to a new study published today (20 November) in the […]
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Maps reveal landscape beneath Antarctica’s weak underbelly
Read more of: Maps reveal landscape beneath Antarctica’s weak underbellyA UK team of researchers has produced high-resolution maps of the bed beneath a major glacier in West Antarctica, which will help them predict future sea-level rise from this region. […]
