PRESS RELEASE: Increase in CO2 emissions
CO2 emissions are booming Scientists will this week (Friday 26 Sept) announce the annual update on the global carbon figures. They report that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels and […]
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Iceberg scour affects biodiversity
Read more of: Iceberg scour affects biodiversityAntarctic worms, sea spiders, urchins and other marine creatures living in near-shore shallow habitats are regularly pounded by icebergs. New data suggests this environment along the Antarctic Peninsula is going […]
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Event – climate change, business and policy
Read more of: Event – climate change, business and policyEvent – climate change, business and policy Date: 27 May 2008 Venue: British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge **In the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales** Scientists, business leaders and politicians […]
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New vision of climate change through Google Earth
Read more of: New vision of climate change through Google EarthMillions of Google Earth users around the world will be able to see how climate change could affect the planet and its people over the next century, along with viewing […]
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Antarctic leadership challenge – opportunity announced
Read more of: Antarctic leadership challenge – opportunity announcedAn opportunity to take a leading role in shaping the strategic direction of British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is announced this week (7 May). Two business leaders will join the BAS […]
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Unmanned aerial vehicles mark robotic first for British Antarctic Survey
Read more of: Unmanned aerial vehicles mark robotic first for British Antarctic SurveyScientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in collaboration with the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS), Germany have completed the first ever series of flights by autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) […]
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Prestigious science prize awarded for 800,000 year old ice core
Read more of: Prestigious science prize awarded for 800,000 year old ice coreIce core scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are joint winners of a major European science prize. The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) – which retrieved two […]
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New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellites
Read more of: New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellitesRadio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter’s magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth, according to new research published in Nature Physics this week. The discovery overturns a […]
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Hibernation-like behaviour in Antarctic fish – on ice for winter
Read more of: Hibernation-like behaviour in Antarctic fish – on ice for winterScientists have discovered an Antarctic fish species that adopts a winter survival strategy similar to hibernation. Reporting this week in the journal PLoS ONE, the online journal from the Public […]
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Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West Antarctica
Read more of: Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West AntarcticaBoulders the size of footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research published this week in the journal Geology. […]
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Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyss
Read more of: Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyssScientists have discovered Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) living and feeding down to depths of 3000 metres in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought […]
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New ice core shows more evidence of Antarctic Peninsula change
Read more of: New ice core shows more evidence of Antarctic Peninsula changeMore evidence of changing weather patterns around the Antarctic Peninsula – a region where climate has changed rapidly over the last 50 years – is published this month in Geophysical […]
