Antarctica – the coolest Live Earth gig in the world
What must surely be the coolest gig in this summer’s Live Earth concerts takes place at the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station. On 7 July the science team’s […]
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Hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers accelerating as climate warms
Read more of: Hundreds of Antarctic Peninsula glaciers accelerating as climate warmsHundreds of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula are flowing faster, further adding to sea level rise according to new research published this week in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Climate […]
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Widespread acceleration of tidewater glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula
Read more of: Widespread acceleration of tidewater glaciers on the Antarctic PeninsulaHundreds of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula are flowing faster, further adding to sea-level rise. Climate warming, that is already causing Antarctic Peninsula increased summer snow melt and ice shelf […]
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Trends in Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems: Antarctica as a global indicator
Read more of: Trends in Antarctic terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems: Antarctica as a global indicatorThis book is a large drawing together of information on the status of Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems, their responses to change and their value as an indicator for future […]
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Ice Station Antarctica opens at Natural History Museum
Read more of: Ice Station Antarctica opens at Natural History MuseumIce Station Antarctica at the Natural History Museum challenges kids to understand the importance of the frozen continent Antarctica is a continent 58 times the size of the and it […]
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First review of BAS Core Science Programme
Read more of: First review of BAS Core Science ProgrammeThe BAS Integrated Programme Review Committee met at BAS Cambridge to review the BAS Core Science Programme “Global Science in the Antarctic Context” (GSAC). The Committee assembled on Sunday 22 […]
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Climate change affects Southern Ocean carbon sink
Read more of: Climate change affects Southern Ocean carbon sinkThe first evidence that recent climate change has weakened one of the Earth’s natural carbon ‘sinks’ is published this week in the journal Science. Tuesday 15 May 2007 PR No. […]
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Scientists discover new life in the Antarctic deep sea
Read more of: Scientists discover new life in the Antarctic deep seaMonday 14 May 2007 image gallery Scientists have found hundreds of new marine creatures in the vast, dark deep-sea surrounding Antarctica. Carnivorous sponges, free-swimming worms, crustaceans, and molluscs living in […]
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Ice Station Antarctica
Read more of: Ice Station AntarcticaThe Natural History Museum, in partnership with the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) will host Ice Station Antarctica, one of the highlights of the UK’s involvement in International Polar Year (2007/8). […]
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Webcast: Secrets of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Read more of: Webcast: Secrets of the West Antarctic Ice SheetA Panel Discussion About Global Warming, Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels More than 30 of the World’s leading polar ice experts will meet in Austin Texas from 26-28 March […]
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New Director for the British Antarctic Survey
Read more of: New Director for the British Antarctic SurveyThe new director for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is Professor Nick Owens. He will take up his new post in late summer 2007 when the current director, Professor Chris […]
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UK Launch of International Polar Year 2007-2008
Read more of: UK Launch of International Polar Year 2007-2008The UK launch of International Polar Year, one of a series of events around the world, took place on Monday 26 February 2007, at the Royal Society, London in the […]