New clues to ozone depletion
LARGE quantities of ozone-depleting chemicals have been discovered in the Antarctic atmosphere by researchers from the University of Leeds, the University of East Anglia, and the British Antarctic Survey. The […]
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Limpets reveal possible fate of cold-blooded Antarctic animals
Read more of: Limpets reveal possible fate of cold-blooded Antarctic animalsA limpet no bigger than a coin could reveal the possible fate of cold-blooded Antarctic marine animals according to new research published this week in The Journal of Experimental […]
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Antarctica – the coolest Live Earth gig in the world
Read more of: Antarctica – the coolest Live Earth gig in the worldWhat must surely be the coolest gig in this summer’s Live Earth concerts takes place at the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. On 7 July the science team’s […]
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Hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers accelerating as climate warms
Read more of: Hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers accelerating as climate warmsHundreds of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula are flowing faster, further adding to sea level rise according to new research published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Climate […]
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Ice Station Antarctica opens at Natural History Museum
Read more of: Ice Station Antarctica opens at Natural History MuseumIce Station Antarctica at the Natural History Museum challenges kids to understand the importance of the frozen continent Antarctica is a continent 58 times the size of the and it […]
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Climate change affects Southern Ocean carbon sink
Read more of: Climate change affects Southern Ocean carbon sinkThe first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one of the Earth’s natural carbon ‘sinks’ is published this week in the journal Science. Tuesday 15 May 2007 PR No. […]
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Scientists discover new life in the Antarctic deep sea
Read more of: Scientists discover new life in the Antarctic deep seaMonday 14 May 2007 image gallery Scientists have found hundreds of new marine creatures in the vast, dark deep-sea surrounding Antarctica. Carnivorous sponges, free-swimming worms, crustaceans, and molluscs living in […]
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UK Launch of International Polar Year 2007–2008
Read more of: UK Launch of International Polar Year 2007–2008Issued on behalf of the UK International Polar Year National Committee ****Operational Note: Press Conference at 09.30 Mon 26 Feb, at the Royal Society, London Opportunities to interview leading International […]
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Seeing The Science Of Climate Change In Action – Wicks Visits Antarctica
Read more of: Seeing The Science Of Climate Change In Action – Wicks Visits AntarcticaOn the eve of International Polar Year, Science and Innovation Minister Malcolm Wicks will visit British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station this week (20-25 February). International Polar Year, which will […]
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British Antarctic Survey response to IPCC report
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey response to IPCC report2 February 2007 PR No. 3/2007 British Antarctic Survey (BAS) welcomes the carefully considered and rigorous set of statements in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis […]
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Scientists observe drumlin beneath ice sheet
Read more of: Scientists observe drumlin beneath ice sheetScientists have discovered a warehouse-sized drumlin – a mound of sediment and rock – actively forming and growing under the ice sheet in Antarctica. Its discovery, and the rate at […]
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Tidal motion influences Antarctic ice sheet
Read more of: Tidal motion influences Antarctic ice sheet20 December 2006 New research into the way the Antarctic ice sheet adds ice to the ocean reveals that tidal motion influences the flow of the one of the biggest […]