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1. UKRI welcomes Horizon Europe deal

   The government has announced today that the UK will join Horizon Europe under a new bespoke deal with the EU.

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2. Left or right winged? Handedness in diving northern gannets

   A new study of northern gannets has found that individual birds are left or right winged. The study, published in in Biology Letters, is the first to demonstrate ‘handedness’ in seabirds while hunting.

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3. Clouds formed with sea salt contribute to Arctic warming

   Scientists studying Arctic warming have shared new evidence that sea salt aerosols from “blowing snow” play a significant role in forming clouds that reflect solar radiation back to the Earth’s surface.

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4. Retreating sea ice keeps zooplankton in the depths

   Climate change is affecting the vertical migration of zooplankton in the Arctic, with potential implications for the entire Arctic ecosystem, finds a new study, published today in Nature Climate Change.

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5. Loss of sea ice causes catastrophic breeding failure for emperor penguins

   Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022.

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6. First AUV deployed from new polar ship

   n Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) was deployed from the RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) for the first time last week.

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7. Urgent call for more Southern Ocean research

   Today, hundreds of international scientists are sounding a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean research in the emerging climate crisis. 300 scientists from 25 nations have been meeting […]

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8. Increasing ship traffic in Inuit Nunangat

   Researchers from British Antarctic Survey are heading to the Canadian Arctic this week to learn more about the impacts of increasing ship traffic in Inuit Nunangat. In recent years, climate […]

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9. New Antarctic extremes ‘virtually certain’ as world warms

   Extreme events in Antarctica such as ocean heatwaves and ice loss will almost certainly become more common and more severe, researchers say. With drastic action now needed to limit global […]

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10. The mystery of the missing Antarctic sea ice

    Winter sea ice in the Antarctic is at a historic low, and scientists are working to understand why an area of ice the size of Greenland is missing. Scientists from […]

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11. Next phase of trials underway on polar ship

    Further trials are underway on RRS Sir David Attenborough in preparation for its first Antarctic science cruise. Over the coming weeks, the crew and scientists on board will be carrying […]

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12. 60 years of Antarctic ice sheet data released

    In a significant milestone for Antarctic research, detailed and extensive information on ice thickness and bed topography is now available for the first time in a centralised and standardised format. […]

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