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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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4. 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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5. Microplastics ‘abundant’ in remote polar seas

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

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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Automated Halley monitors the ozone hole over Antarctica

    This World Ozone Day, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) celebrates new technology which enables continuous monitoring of the ozone hole over Antarctica. Readings from the Dobson Ozone Spectrophotometer at Halley Research […]

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11. Deep channels link ocean to Antarctic glacier

    Newly discovered deep seabed channels beneath Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica may be the pathway for warm ocean water to melt the underside of the ice.  Data from two research […]

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12. Synchronous timing of past abrupt climate changes

    New research has revealed that climate changes associated with past episodes of abrupt warming in Greenland occurred synchronously across a region extending from the Arctic to the Southern Hemisphere subtropics. […]

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