Antarctica Dispatches
10 November 2004 Email users and art gallery visitors around the UK can soon receive a daily drawing ?live? from Antarctica. Artist Simon Faithfull is embarking on an epic two-month […]
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New lecture series set to reveal what green politics hold for “the day after tomorrow”
Read more of: New lecture series set to reveal what green politics hold for “the day after tomorrow”Today one of the UK’s most senior figures in environmental politics will make the inaugural speech in a new lecture series entitled ‘Environment on the Edge’. Sir Crispin Tickell, former […]
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Food shortages threaten Antarctic wildlife
Read more of: Food shortages threaten Antarctic wildlife1 November 2004 PR No 12/2004 *Under embargo until Wednesday 3 November, 18.00 (UK time) Antarctic whales, seals and penguins could be threatened by food shortages in the Southern Ocean. […]
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New structure found deep within West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Read more of: New structure found deep within West Antarctic Ice Sheet21 September 2004 No. 13/2004 Scientists have found a remarkable new structure deep within the West Antarctic Ice Sheet which suggests that the whole ice sheet is more susceptible to […]
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New signs of life found at the Poles
Read more of: New signs of life found at the Poles22 September 2004 PR No. 12/ 2004 Large colonies of micro-organisms living under rocks have been discovered in the most hostile and extreme regions of the Arctic and Antarctic – […]
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Design Competition for new Antarctic Research Station – short-list announced
Read more of: Design Competition for new Antarctic Research Station – short-list announcedSix multi-disciplinary design teams are short-listed for an international competition to design a new scientific research station in Antarctica. The Halley VI competition attracted 86 entries in this unique project […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Design Competition for new Antarctic Research Station – Launch
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Design Competition for new Antarctic Research Station – LaunchOperational Note – Media Briefing 10.30 am 29 June 2004, Royal Institute of British Architects 66 Portland Place, London. A major international competition to design a new scientific research station […]
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Antarctic tragedy – Inquest verdict announced
Read more of: Antarctic tragedy – Inquest verdict announcedA verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Coroner for the British Antarctic Territory, at the inquest (held on 14 November) into the death of marine biologist Kirsty Brown. […]
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Twin-Otter Aircraft damaged
Read more of: Twin-Otter Aircraft damaged7 November 2003 A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) aircraft was damaged as it landed at Rothera Research Station on Friday 7 November. No-one was injured. The aircraft was returning from […]
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British Antarctic Survey wins environment award
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey wins environment awardThe British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is winner of a national “Green Apple” Gold environmental award for the successful removal of an old waste dump from Antarctica. The Green Apple Awards […]
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Solar contribution to ‘global warming’ predicted to decrease
Read more of: Solar contribution to ‘global warming’ predicted to decrease1 October 2003 No. 10 /2003 New research on the sun’s contribution to global warming is reported in this month’s Astronomy & Geophysics. By looking at solar activity over the […]
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BA Festival of Science – The Ozone Hole
Read more of: BA Festival of Science – The Ozone Hole14.00 ? 17.00. Lecture Theatre B03, Peel Building, University of Salford Embargo ? 09.30 hrs 12 September 2003 11 Sept 2003 PR No.9/2003 Satellite observations (NOAA) suggest that this year’s […]