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1. New Antarctic Wharf Ready for the RRS Sir David Attenborough

   A new £40 million wharf to moor the RRS Sir David Attenborough has been used by polar ships for the first time at British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station in […]

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2. Underwater Mountain Mapped in the South Atlantic

   An underwater mountain double the height of the UK’s Ben Nevis has been added to a global map of the seafloor during a research cruise to investigate the marine environment […]

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3. End of Antarctic field season 2020 – repatriation

   Exceptional plans to repatriate our people at the end of the Antarctic summer field season

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4. British Antarctic Survey response to COVID-19

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has precautionary measures to limit the spread of COVID-19. Our organisation continues to function well in spite of most of our staff working from home. Science and support teams who have completed summer fieldwork are currently being repatriated to UK.

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5. Traces of rainforests found in West Antarctica

   An international team of researchers has provided a new and unprecedented perspective on the climate history of Antarctica. From a sediment core collected from the seafloor in West Antarctica, they […]

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6. Appleton Prize awarded to Professor Richard Horne

   British Antarctic Survey is pleased to announce the Appleton Prize 2020 has been awarded to Professor Richard Horne, Head of the Space Weather and Atmosphere science team at British Antarctic […]

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7. Climate scientists help businesses tackle climate change

   Climate change could add around 20% to the global cost of extreme weather events by 2040, according to early findings from Cambridge researchers. The findings come from the Cambridge Climate […]

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8. Return of the whales to South Georgia

   A team led by British Antarctic Survey has just returned from the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, as the last of three expeditions to investigate the recovery of whales a […]

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9. International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2020

   The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is organised by UNESCO and UN-Women to promote full and equal access and participation in science for women and girls. The United […]

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10. Invading species ‘hitches a ride’ on kelp to reach Antarctica

    Large brown seaweed can bring invasive species to Antarctica, according to research published today (31 January 2020) in the journal Scientific Reports. The new study describes the first scientific evidence […]

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11. New building at Rothera breaks ground

    In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica by the British naval officer Edward Bransfield on this date in 1820, a new building to facilitate the […]

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12. Space weather ‘super storms’ occurred every 25 years

    A ‘great’ space weather super-storm large enough to cause significant disruption to our electronic and networked systems occurred on average once in every 25 years. The results are published today […]

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