Scraping the bottom
Iceberg 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 […]
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Cool blog: James Clark Ross in the Southern Ocean
Read more of: Cool blog: James Clark Ross in the Southern OceanThe onboard activities of the BAS ship RRS James Clark Ross, currently on a science cruise in the Southern Ocean, are documented in a blog by Portuguese scientist, Jose Xavier. […]
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Visit Antarctica with British Antarctic Survey during Cambridge Science Festival – 10-20 March 2008
Read more of: Visit Antarctica with British Antarctic Survey during Cambridge Science Festival – 10-20 March 2008Join scientists from British Antarctic Survey as they take you on a journey to Antarctica. As part of this year’s Cambridge Science Festival, BAS will host two evening talks at […]
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New ice core shows more evidence of Antarctic Peninsula change
Read more of: New ice core shows more evidence of Antarctic Peninsula changeMore evidence of changing weather patterns around the Antarctic Peninsula – a region where climate has changed rapidly over the last 50 years – is published this month in Geophysical […]
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From Mars to the Earth: Studying ice beneath the surface
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First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in Antarctica
Read more of: First evidence of under-ice volcanic eruption in AntarcticaThe first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West […]
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Exploration of lake hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet begins
Read more of: Exploration of lake hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet beginsA four-man science team led by British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Dr Andy Smith has begun exploring an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet. The lake – the size […]