Giant iceberg mission begins
A research mission to determine the impact of the giant A-68a iceberg on one of the world’s most important ecosystems departs from Stanley in the Falkland Islands today (2 February […]
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Construction starts at UK’s largest Antarctic research hub
Read more of: Construction starts at UK’s largest Antarctic research hubThe next stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica begins this week [11 January 2020]. To avoid the risk of introducing COVID-19 to British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera […]
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Southern Hemisphere westerly winds likely to intensify as climate warms
Read more of: Southern Hemisphere westerly winds likely to intensify as climate warmsPolar climate scientists have created the most high resolution past record of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds. The results, published this week (9 December) in the journal Communications Earth and […]
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Krill provide a highway for ocean carbon storage
Read more of: Krill provide a highway for ocean carbon storageLarge krill swarms in the Southern Ocean could help remove additional carbon from the atmosphere, in a way that is currently ‘hidden’ in global models. Scientists knew that the carbon-rich […]
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Blue whales return to South Georgia after near extinction
Read more of: Blue whales return to South Georgia after near extinctionAn international research team led by UK scientists has revealed the return of critically endangered Antarctic blue whales to the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, 50 years after whaling all […]
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RRS Sir David Attenborough departs Cammell Laird for technical sea trials
Read more of: RRS Sir David Attenborough departs Cammell Laird for technical sea trialsBIRKENHEAD. Today (Wednesday 21 October) the UK’s most advanced polar research ship – RRS Sir David Attenborough – leaves Cammell Laird shipyard for two weeks of technical sea trials. In […]
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Deep channels link ocean to Antarctic glacier
Read more of: Deep channels link ocean to Antarctic glacierNewly discovered deep seabed channels beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica may be the pathway for warm ocean water to melt the underside of the ice. Data from two research […]
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Past evidence supports complete loss of Arctic sea-ice by 2035
Read more of: Past evidence supports complete loss of Arctic sea-ice by 2035A new study, published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change, supports predictions that the Arctic could be free of sea ice by 2035. High temperatures in the Arctic […]
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Scientists discover new penguin colonies from space
Read more of: Scientists discover new penguin colonies from spaceA new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring […]
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Antarctic sea ice loss explained in new study
Read more of: Antarctic sea ice loss explained in new studyScientists have discovered that summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea area of Antarctica has decreased by one million square kilometres – an area twice the size of Spain – […]
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Antarctic homecoming – responding to COVID-19
Read more of: Antarctic homecoming – responding to COVID-19Over the next few days, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) research and support teams will return from Antarctica to UK after a 20-day sea voyage on board a charter ship and […]
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Sub-Antarctic island celebrates Shackleton Day with New Wharf for the RRS Sir David Attenborough
Read more of: Sub-Antarctic island celebrates Shackleton Day with New Wharf for the RRS Sir David AttenboroughThe completion marks the latest milestone for the £140m UK Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme commissioned by UKRI-NERC and undertaken by the British Antarctic Survey. Surrounded by spectacular scenery, dominated by […]
