PRESS RELEASE: Secrets of hidden rift valley
Hidden rift valley discovered beneath West Antarctica reveals new insight into accelerating ice loss Scientists have discovered a one mile deep rift valley hidden beneath the ice in West Antarctica, […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Breeding habits of albatrosses
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Breeding habits of albatrossesAntarctic albatross displays shift in breeding habits A new study of the wandering albatross – one of the largest birds on Earth – has shown that some of the birds […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Ocean currents driving ice loss
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Ocean currents driving ice lossWarm ocean currents cause majority of ice loss from Antarctica Reporting this week (Thursday 26 April) in the journal Nature, an international team of scientists led by British Antarctic Survey […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Penguins surveyed from space
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Penguins surveyed from spaceScientists count penguins from space A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Challenging mission accomplished
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Challenging mission accomplishedEngineering team completes ambitious Antarctic expedition in the ‘deep-field’ A team of four British Antarctic Survey (BAS) engineers has returned to the UK after completing a gruelling journey to one […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Critical food supply level
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Critical food supply levelNew research shows how much food is needed by seabirds An international group of scientists has shown that many seabirds begin to suffer when the food available for them in […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Study of largest glacier
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Study of largest glacierScientist on BBC Frozen Planet investigates how world’s largest glacier is contributing to sea-level rise A team of scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is to survey the largest glacier […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Buried mountain range mapped
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Buried mountain range mappedGamburtsev Mountains enigma unraveled in interior East Antarctica The birth of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains buried beneath the vast East Antarctic Ice Sheet — a puzzle mystifying scientists since their […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Mission to submerged lake
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Mission to submerged lakeBritish Antarctic Survey engineering team heads to Antarctica to explore hidden lake Next week a British engineering team from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) heads off to Antarctica for the first […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Underwater volcanoes discovered
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Underwater volcanoes discoveredUnderwater Antarctic volcanoes discovered in the Southern Ocean Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered previously unknown volcanoes in the ocean waters around the remote South Sandwich Islands. Using […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Krill’s key role in oceans
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Krill’s key role in oceansAntarctic krill help to fertilise Southern Ocean with iron A new discovery reveals that the shrimp-like creature at the heart of the Antarctic food chain could play a key role […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Glacier’s melt rate quickens
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Glacier’s melt rate quickensWarm ocean speeds melting of Antarctic glacier New results from an investigation into a large glacier in Antarctica and its impact on global sea level rise are published this week […]