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1. The first Polar Pride

   Today (18 November) marks the first Polar Pride – a celebration of the contribution of LGBTQ+ people in the overseas territories including British Antarctic Territory and South Georgia & the […]

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2. Climate extremes drive changes in Antarctic Bottom Water

   British Antarctic Survey contributes to new international study that finds a surprising increase in the amount of dense water sinking near Antarctica, following 50 years of decline. Dense water formed […]

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3. RRS Sir David Attenborough heads for open sea

   The new polar research ship, the RRS Sir David Attenborough begins technical trials

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4. BAS feeds into designation of new ocean sanctuary

   The UK Prime Minister has announced today (Friday 13 November) a new Marine Protected Zone around the overseas territory of the island of Tristan da Cunha. The move is part […]

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5. Medal win for space weather scientist

   The award recognises Professor Horne’s unique ability to combine basic and applied research to develop useful space weather products.

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6. Humpback whales return to South Georgia

   A new study shows the welcome return of humpback whales to the waters around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia after a century of commercial whaling decimated their populations. The […]

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7. A68 iceberg heads towards South Georgia

   An iceberg is heading towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. A68a – the size of the UK county of Somerset – broke off from the Larsen C ice shelf […]

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8. Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas

   New study of plastics in the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands

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9. RRS Sir David Attenborough departs Cammell Laird for technical sea trials

   BIRKENHEAD. Today (Wednesday 21 October) the UK’s most advanced polar research ship – RRS Sir David Attenborough – leaves Cammell Laird shipyard for two weeks of technical sea trials.  In […]

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10. Research priorities for effective krill management

    An international ‘Krill Action Group’, including experts from the British Antarctic Survey, has identified several research priorities to advance the understanding of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and improve the management […]

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11. Climate scientists uncover 30-year-old temperature record

    The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has recognized a temperature of -69.6°C (-93.3°F) at an automatic weather station in Greenland on 22 December 1991 as the coldest ever recorded in the […]

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12. Antarctic krill take refuge from climate change

    New research shows that Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba), a key link in the Southern Ocean food web, have refuges from the rapid climatic warming and ice loss that has degraded […]

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