PRESS RELEASE: Effects of ocean acidification
First evidence of ocean acidification affecting live marine creatures in the Southern Ocean The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Changing winds increasing sea ice cover
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Changing winds increasing sea ice coverWhy Antarctic sea ice cover has increased under the effects of climate change The first direct evidence that marked changes to Antarctic sea ice drift have occurred over the last […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Ice sheet behaviour analysed
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Ice sheet behaviour analysedIce sheet retreat controlled by the landscape Ice-sheet retreat can halt temporarily during long phases of climate warming, according to scientists. A UK team led by Durham University has found […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Mission to Antarctic buried lake
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Mission to Antarctic buried lakeBritish team set to embark on ambitious Antarctic mission to penetrate & sample ancient buried lake After 16 years of planning the countdown is on for one of the most […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Antarctica’s climate timeline
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Antarctica’s climate timelineNew climate history adds to understanding of recent Antarctic Peninsula warming Results published this week by a team of polar scientists from Britain, Australia and France adds a new dimension […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Shellfish and changing oceans
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Shellfish and changing oceansNew study helps predict impact of ocean acidification on shellfish An international study to understand and predict the likely impact of ocean acidification on shellfish and other marine organisms living […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Ocean role as carbon sink
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Ocean role as carbon sinkNew discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered an important method of how carbon is drawn down from […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Secrets of hidden rift valley
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Secrets of hidden rift valleyHidden 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 […]
