Report reveals global impact of climate change
A new report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published today (28 February) has outlined the causes, impacts and solutions to climate change.
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Heat source melting Greenland Ice Sheet discovered
Read more of: Heat source melting Greenland Ice Sheet discoveredA new study has found that the world’s second-largest ice sheet is generating huge amounts of heat. Researchers including BAS oceanographer Dr Keith Nicholls have observed extremely high rates of melting at the bottom of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
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Drilling of oldest ice on Earth completed
Read more of: Drilling of oldest ice on Earth completedThe first ice core drilling campaign of Beyond Epica-Oldest Ice has been successfully completed at the remote Little Dome C site in Antarctica – one of the most extreme places […]
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Connecting under-represented groups with science berths
Read more of: Connecting under-represented groups with science berthsBritish Antarctic Survey has teamed up with the National Oceanography Centre and the University of Glasgow to champion the FindAScienceBerth project, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. The project […]
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RRS Sir David Attenborough collaborates with cruise ship
Read more of: RRS Sir David Attenborough collaborates with cruise shipRRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA) has collaborated with the cruise ship Le Commandant Charcot in its efforts to deliver critical science cargo to the English Coast, Antarctica in support of the […]
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Antarctica as testing site ahead of mission to icy moons
Read more of: Antarctica as testing site ahead of mission to icy moonsScientists have deployed a network of seismometers onto Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf in an experiment that will test the instrument’s ability to operate on icy moons in the Solar System. […]
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Deep insight into Arctic from MOSAiC expedition
Read more of: Deep insight into Arctic from MOSAiC expeditionNew research papers from the one-year MOSAiC expedition to study the Arctic have yielded new understanding about the region. Hundreds of international researchers are currently analysing observations from the MOSAiC […]
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More fish in ‘twilight zone’ than previously thought
Read more of: More fish in ‘twilight zone’ than previously thoughtA new study highlights there could be up to four times more fish in the mesopelagic, or ‘twilight’, zone of the Southern Ocean than previously thought. Scientists at British Antarctic […]
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Polar medals awarded to BAS staff
Read more of: Polar medals awarded to BAS staffThree British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff have been awarded the Polar Medal. The announcement was published last week (Friday 28 January) in the London Gazette. Melody Clark is a molecular […]
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Creating a more inclusive workspace in UK polar science
Read more of: Creating a more inclusive workspace in UK polar scienceThe first observations from the Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative (DiPSI) describes the efforts required to create a more inclusive workplace in UK polar science. The editorial is published […]
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‘Mega iceberg’ releases billions of tonnes of fresh water into ocean
Read more of: ‘Mega iceberg’ releases billions of tonnes of fresh water into oceanScientists monitoring the giant A68a iceberg from space reveal that a huge amount of fresh water was released as it melted around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. An […]
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Labs in Antarctica and Cambridge Receive Sustainability Award
Read more of: Labs in Antarctica and Cambridge Receive Sustainability AwardScientific labs at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in their Cambridge headquarters and at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica have achieved a sustainability award from the Laboratory Sustainability Efficiency Assessment (LEAF) […]
