Animal behaviour study overturned
An international team of scientists has overturned an ecological study on how some animals search for food. Previously it was believed that wandering albatrosses and other species forage using a […]
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Unexpected growth in atmospheric CO
Read more of: Unexpected growth in atmospheric COA team of scientists has found that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) growth has increased 35 percent faster than expected since 2000. The findings are published this week in the journal […]
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Antarctic plants and animal life survived ice ages
Read more of: Antarctic plants and animal life survived ice agesSpringtails, mites, worms and plant life could help solve the mystery of Antarctica’s glacial history according to new research published in the journal Science this week. Scientists from British Antarctic […]
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New technology reveals seal behaviour
Read more of: New technology reveals seal behaviourNew technology has allowed an international team including UK scientists from University of St Andrews and British Antarctic Survey to witness for the first time the behaviour of the […]
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International meeting on Complexity Science
Read more of: International meeting on Complexity ScienceInternational meeting on Complexity Science ‘Natural Complexity: Data and Theory in Dialogue’ Over 60 leading scientists from around the world will meet in Cambridge (UK) next week to discuss how […]
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New clues to ozone depletion
Read more of: New clues to ozone depletionLARGE 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 […]