Antarctic leadership challenge – opportunity announced
An 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 […]
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First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica
Read more of: First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in AntarcticaThe first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West […]
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Exploration of lake hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet begins
Read more of: Exploration of lake hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet beginsA four-man science team led by British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Dr Andy Smith has begun exploring an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet. The lake – the size […]
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Hot topics, cool science: new Antarctic field season underway
Read more of: Hot topics, cool science: new Antarctic field season underwayThe British Antarctic Survey (BAS) 2007/08 field season is underway. The start of the season is marked by the arrival of dozens of scientists – together with tonnes of equipment […]
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New ‘High-Def’ view of Antarctica
Read more of: New ‘High-Def’ view of AntarcticaA team of researchers from NASA, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) unveiled today (27 Nov 07) the most geographically accurate, […]