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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 […]
1 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. […]
21 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 […]
22 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 – […]
Six 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 […]
Operational 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 […]
A 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. […]
7 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 […]
The 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 […]
1 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 […]
14.00 ? 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 […]
The body of marine biologist Kirsty Brown has returned to the UK. She was returned from the Falkland Islands to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire over the weekend. The funeral […]