Antarctic fish study may aid cardiac research
30 March 2004 A species of fish that lives in Antarctic waters may hold clues to climate change and lead to advances in heart medicine. Researchers from the University of […]
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Penguin camera reveals group behaviour
Read more of: Penguin camera reveals group behaviour25 March 2004 PR No. 3/04 Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and the National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan have recorded the first observations of penguin behaviour underwater. […]
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Puzzling height of polar clouds revealed
Read more of: Puzzling height of polar clouds revealed26 January 2004 Scientists have discovered why icy clouds found at the edge of space are higher at the South Pole than at the North. The answer to this puzzle […]
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New laboratory opens in Antarctica
Read more of: New laboratory opens in Antarctica12 January 2004 No. 1/2004 A new £3 million laboratory was opened at the British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station on Saturday (10 January 2004). Many of the staff […]
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Antarctic tragedy – Inquest verdict announced
Read more of: Antarctic tragedy – Inquest verdict announcedA verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Coroner for the British Antarctic Territory, at the inquest (held on 14 November) into the death of marine biologist Kirsty Brown. […]
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Twin-Otter Aircraft damaged
Read more of: Twin-Otter Aircraft damaged7 November 2003 A British Antarctic Survey (BAS) aircraft was damaged as it landed at Rothera Research Station on Friday 7 November. No-one was injured. The aircraft was returning from […]
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British Antarctic Survey wins environment award
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey wins environment awardThe British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is winner of a national “Green Apple” Gold environmental award for the successful removal of an old waste dump from Antarctica. The Green Apple Awards […]
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Solar contribution to ‘global warming’ predicted to decrease
Read more of: Solar contribution to ‘global warming’ predicted to decrease1 October 2003 No. 10 /2003 New research on the sun’s contribution to global warming is reported in this month’s Astronomy & Geophysics. By looking at solar activity over the […]
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BA Festival of Science – The Ozone Hole
Read more of: BA Festival of Science – The Ozone Hole14.00 ? 17.00. Lecture Theatre B03, Peel Building, University of Salford Embargo ? 09.30 hrs 12 September 2003 11 Sept 2003 PR No.9/2003 Satellite observations (NOAA) suggest that this year’s […]
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Kirsty Brown returns to the UK – Update
Read more of: Kirsty Brown returns to the UK – UpdateThe body of marine biologist Kirsty Brown has returned to the UK. She was returned from the Falkland Islands to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire over the weekend. The funeral […]
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Kirsty Brown returns to the UK
Read more of: Kirsty Brown returns to the UKIt is expected that the body of marine biologist Kirsty Brown (see earlier press release) will return to the UK later this week. She will return from the Falkland Islands […]
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Antarctic Tragedy
Read more of: Antarctic TragedyPress Statement – 23 July 2003 It is with the deepest sorrow that British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reports the death of a marine biologist at Rothera Research Station on the […]