Scottish school children stamp their designs on Antarctica
15 June 2006 PR No. 9/2006 Four young Scots have won a competition to design a new set of postage stamps for the British Antarctic Territory. More than 125 children […]
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Antarctic Treaty meeting moves to protect frozen continent from non-native species
Read more of: Antarctic Treaty meeting moves to protect frozen continent from non-native species28 June 2006 Important new measures to protect Antarctica – the world’s last great wilderness – from invasive non-native species have been agreed at a meeting of Antarctic experts in […]
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Discovering Antarctica in the classroom
Read more of: Discovering Antarctica in the classroomA new online interactive teaching tool is launched this week. For the first time teachers of Key Stages 3 & 4 Geography have access to a resource that covers the […]
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Rapid temperature increases above the Antarctic
Read more of: Rapid temperature increases above the AntarcticA new analysis of weather balloon observations from the last 30 years reveals that the Antarctic has the same ‘global warming’ signature as that seen across the whole Earth, but […]
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Salt and dust help unravel past climate change
Read more of: Salt and dust help unravel past climate changeTiny amounts of salt and dust trapped in the Antarctic ice sheet for the last 740,000 years shed new light on changes to the Earth’s climate. The results, published this […]
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Countdown to International Polar Year
Read more of: Countdown to International Polar YearOne year from now the biggest internationally coordinated research effort for 50 years will begin as thousands of scientists from 60 countries focus their attention on the Polar Regions. The […]
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West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Waking the Sleeping Giant?
Read more of: West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Waking the Sleeping Giant?The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in St. Louis on 16-20 February at the America’s Center convention site. SYMPOSIUM TITLE: Vital Organs in the Earth […]
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El Nino events affect whale breeding
Read more of: El Nino events affect whale breedingNew research shows that global climate processes are affecting southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in the South Atlantic. A thirty-year study by an international team of scientists found a strong […]
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Eruption update: Island in British Overseas Territory is growing in size
Read more of: Eruption update: Island in British Overseas Territory is growing in sizeA rare volcanic eruption is expanding the size of an island in British Overseas Territory. Spectacular new satellite images show that Montagu Island, an erupting volcano in the South Sandwich […]
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20th Anniversary of ozone hole discovery: International Ozone Day
Read more of: 20th Anniversary of ozone hole discovery: International Ozone DayFriday (16 September) is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This year scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorate their discovery of the Antarctic ‘ozone hole’ 20 […]
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Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft
Read more of: Scientific breakthrough will help protect astronauts and spacecraft7 September 2005 PR No. 13/2005 A breakthrough by a team of British, US and French scientists will help protect astronauts, spacecraft and satellites from radiation hazards experienced in space. Reporting […]
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Early Drake Passage Opening Led to Global Change
Read more of: Early Drake Passage Opening Led to Global ChangeNew results shed light on how Antarctica became the icy, barren continent that we know today. British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have discovered that 30-50 million years ago, South America […]