Polar Science for Planet Earth – The Independent on Sunday
To find out more about British Antarctic Survey’s ground breaking discoveries visit the press area of our website. On 20 April 2008 The Independent on Sunday offers a free poster […]
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From Mars to the Earth: Studying ice beneath the surface
Read more of: From Mars to the Earth: Studying ice beneath the surfaceBritish Antarctic Survey scientists are collaborating with the European Space Agency (ESA) on a technique being used by the ESA at Mars that could prove invaluable for studying the stability […]
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Winter arrives in Antarctica
Read more of: Winter arrives in AntarcticaWhile the northern hemisphere looks forward to spring and summer, Antarctica slips into Winter. On March 5th the RRS Ernest Shackleton left Halley research station; the eleven intrepid winterers have […]
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Antarctic ice shelf “hangs by a thread”
Read more of: Antarctic ice shelf “hangs by a thread”New evidence has emerged that a large plate of floating ice shelf attached to Antarctica is breaking up, in a troubling sign of global warming, the European Space Agency (ESA) […]
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Unmanned aerial vehicles mark robotic first for British Antarctic Survey
Read more of: Unmanned aerial vehicles mark robotic first for British Antarctic SurveyScientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in collaboration with the Technical University of Braunschweig (TUBS), Germany have completed the first ever series of flights by autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) […]
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Prestigious science prize awarded for 800,000 year old ice core
Read more of: Prestigious science prize awarded for 800,000 year old ice coreIce core scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are joint winners of a major European science prize. The European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica (EPICA) – which retrieved two […]
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Scraping the bottom
Read more of: Scraping the bottomIceberg scouring is a major factor affecting the diversity and abundance of marine benthic communities in Antarctica’s highly dynamic ecosystem. Reporting in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series biologist Dr […]
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New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellites
Read more of: New discovery at Jupiter could help protect Earth-orbit satellitesRadio waves accelerate electrons within Jupiter’s magnetic field in the same way as they do on Earth, according to new research published in Nature Physics this week. The discovery overturns a […]
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Hibernation-like behaviour in Antarctic fish – on ice for winter
Read more of: Hibernation-like behaviour in Antarctic fish – on ice for winterScientists have discovered an Antarctic fish species that adopts a winter survival strategy similar to hibernation. Reporting this week in the journal PLoS ONE, the online journal from the Public […]
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Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West Antarctica
Read more of: Rock studies help crack questions of glacier thinning in West AntarcticaBoulders the size of footballs could help scientists predict the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s (WAIS) contribution to sea-level rise according to new research published this week in the journal Geology. […]
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Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyss
Read more of: Krill discovered living in the Antarctic abyssScientists have discovered Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) living and feeding down to depths of 3000 metres in the waters around the Antarctic Peninsula. Until now this shrimp-like crustacean was thought […]
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BAS signs licensing deal for extreme equipment
Read more of: BAS signs licensing deal for extreme equipmentBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) has signed a licensing deal with the Cambridge-based eXtreme Instrumentation Limited (Xi). The deal allows Xi to make and sell two innovative devices developed by scientists […]