Polar Medals for BAS staff
Her Majesty the Queen has awarded four members of British Antarctic Survey the Polar Medal for outstanding service to the UK. The Polar Medal was instituted in 1904 for members […]
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First exploration of Antarctica’s vents and seeps
Read more of: First exploration of Antarctica’s vents and seepsBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists and colleagues from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), the Zoological Society of London and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the USA are set to […]
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Glaciologist recognised in New Year Honours List
Read more of: Glaciologist recognised in New Year Honours ListRecognised internationally for his research into the Earth’s past climate, Dr Mulvaney, has led British and collaborative deep-field missions to collect Antarctic ice cores from some of the most inaccessible […]
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Special Christmas messages from Antarctica
Read more of: Special Christmas messages from AntarcticaAntarctica Christmas Eve While most of us are enjoying the festive season with our friends and families, British Antarctic Survey science and support teams are enjoying the ultimate white Christmas […]
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Latest news from the AGAP teams
Read more of: Latest news from the AGAP teamsSince 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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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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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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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 […]