New polar ship construction milestone
A major feat of engineering takes place this week (21 August) as the “stern section” of the new polar research ship for Britain, the RRS Sir David Attenborough, is transported […]
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Impact of giant Antarctic iceberg – update on Larsen-C
Read more of: Impact of giant Antarctic iceberg – update on Larsen-CThe largest remaining ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula lost 10% of its area when an iceberg four times the size of London broke free earlier this month. Since […]
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Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free
Read more of: Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks freeAfter months of ‘hanging by a thread’ a vast iceberg the size of Norfolk has finally broken off Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf. Around 30 metres of this 190m thick […]
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Wedding bells in Antarctica
Read more of: Wedding bells in AntarcticaPolar field guides Julie Baum and Tom Sylvester tie the knot this weekend (15-16 July) at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. It is the first official wedding to […]
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Study shows ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 years
Read more of: Study shows ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 yearsReporting this week (Wednesday 5 July) in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the […]
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New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves
Read more of: New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelvesNew research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behaviour of Antarctic ice shelves. Presenting this week at a European conference scientists […]
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New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloor
Read more of: New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloorThe most comprehensive and high-resolution atlas of the seafloor of both Polar Regions is presented this week (Tuesday 25 April) at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU) in Vienna.
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Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions
Read more of: Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptionsOne of Antarctica’s biggest gentoo penguin colonies was repeatedly decimated by eruptions of the Deception Island volcano in recent millennia.
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Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia
Read more of: Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South GeorgiaA new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia – famous for its wildlife – was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results […]
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Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic mission
Read more of: Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic missionBoaty McBoatface is joining ocean scientists from the University of Southampton and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) on an expedition to study some of the deepest and coldest abyssal ocean waters […]
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Scientists explain how meltwater reaches ocean depths
Read more of: Scientists explain how meltwater reaches ocean depthsAn international team of researchers has discovered why fresh water, melted from Antarctic ice sheets, is often detected below the surface of the ocean, rather than rising to the top […]
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New study reveals potential cost of solar storms
Read more of: New study reveals potential cost of solar stormsThe daily U.S. economic cost from solar storm-induced electricity blackouts could total more than $40 billion, with more than half the loss occurring outside the blackout zone, says new study. […]
