Ice Station Antarctica opens at Natural History Museum
Ice 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 […]
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Radar opens new window into the ice for Antarctic scientists
Read more of: Radar opens new window into the ice for Antarctic scientists16 October 2006 PR No. 16/2006 Scientists are getting their first glimpse into the inner secrets of an ice shelf, thanks to the innovative application of a new radar technique […]
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First direct evidence that human activity is linked to Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse
Read more of: First direct evidence that human activity is linked to Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse16 October 2006 PR No. 17/2006 The first direct evidence linking human activity to the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves is published this week in the Journal of Climate. Scientists […]
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Mind the gap: space scientists uncover causes of gap in Van Allen belts
Read more of: Mind the gap: space scientists uncover causes of gap in Van Allen belts26 September 2006 PR No. 14/2006 A team of British and US scientists have discovered that the gap in the Van Allen radiation belts is formed by natural wave turbulence […]
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Climate Change and Polar ice – the Quickening Pace
Read more of: Climate Change and Polar ice – the Quickening Pace18 September 2006 PR No. 15 /2006 Delegates at this week’s Liberal Democrat Conference have the opportunity to hear that climate change is real, serious and happening now. Speaking at […]