Latest news from the AGAP teams
Since leaving home a few weeks ago the international science teams investigating Antarctica’s hidden world have been at the Australian Davis, US McMurdo and South Pole research stations preparing themselves […]
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Biodiversity podcast on Planet Earth Online
Read more of: Biodiversity podcast on Planet Earth OnlineListen to Dave Barnes and Katrin Linse talking to Richard Hollingham for NERC’s Planet Earth Online about the remarkable biodiversity around Antarctica’s South Orkney Islands. Related link Biodiversity Podcast on […]
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Solar system’s longest lava flows found
Read more of: Solar system’s longest lava flows foundThe longest lava flows in the solar system formed mountain ranges across three continents, according to new geological research. Ferrar basalts Called the Ferrar basalts, the rocks formed by the […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Continent’s diversity revealed
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Continent’s diversity revealedFirst comprehensive inventory of life in Antarctica The first comprehensive “inventory” of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands reveals a region that is rich in biodiversity […]
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Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change visit BAS
Read more of: Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change visit BASSecretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP visited British Antarctic Survey on Friday 31 October on a fact-finding mission. In the week that new […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Interactive map highlights diversity
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Interactive map highlights diversityNew visualisation of South Georgia A new visualisation tool for exploring the subantarctic islands of South Georgia is unveiled today (22 October 2008). The South Georgia Geographic Information System (SGGIS) […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Mission to buried mountain range
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Mission to buried mountain rangeChallenge to discover Antarctica”s hidden world Later this month teams of scientists, engineers, pilots and support staff from British Antarctic Survey (BAS), USA, Germany, Australia, China and Japan will join […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Increase in CO2 emissions
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Increase in CO2 emissionsCO2 emissions are booming Scientists will this week (Friday 26 Sept) announce the annual update on the global carbon figures. They report that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels and […]
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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Read more of: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone LayerIn May 1985 in the journal Nature British Antarctic Survey scientists reported their discovery of an ‘ozone hole’ over Antarctica. The United Nations Environmental Programme proclaims 16 September the International […]
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Calling all plumbers and electricians to work in Antarctica
Read more of: Calling all plumbers and electricians to work in AntarcticaCalling all plumbers and electricians to work in Antarctica British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the world-leading scientific research centre, is seeking a plumber or electrician to work at its Bird Island […]
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Seals help reveal secrets of the Southern Ocean
Read more of: Seals help reveal secrets of the Southern OceanScientists have gathered data from under and around the sea ice in Antarctica using sensors attached to southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina). Small sensors were attached to over 50 seals […]
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New Non-Executive Directors for BAS
Read more of: New Non-Executive Directors for BASI am very pleased to announce the appointment of two Non-Executive members who will join the BAS Board with immediate effect. Professor John Shepherd FRS John Shepherd is a Professorial […]
