Practice makes perfect
The construction team responsible for building a new Antarctic wharf at Rothera Research Station have been practicing full-scale assembly of the 30 tonne steel rigs in Southampton before deployment South. […]
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World Ozone Day – 16th September
Read more of: World Ozone Day – 16th SeptemberThe 2018 ozone hole began forming in late August and won’t reach its largest for over a fortnight. Already it covers most of the Antarctic continent, an area of 14 […]
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Challenger Medal award
Read more of: Challenger Medal awardThe prestigious Challenger Medal for excellence in marine science has been awarded to British Antarctic Survey (BAS) oceanographer Professor Mike Meredith. Presented every two years by the Challenger Society – […]
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BAS wins National Capability Funding
Read more of: BAS wins National Capability FundingThe British Antarctic Survey has been awarded National Capability funds for polar science which will strengthen UK national security, resilience, economic growth and societal benefit
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Plastic solutions: workshop at BAS
Read more of: Plastic solutions: workshop at BASPeople, Plastics and the Planet is an international workshop to tackle the global plastic waste problem taking place at British Antarctic Survey’s Aurora Innovation Centre from 18th – 21st September 2018. Organised by BAS, Cambridge University and Value in Enterprise offers the unique opportunity for scientists and entrepreneurs to spend four days developing and testing ideas to address challenges posed by plastics in our environment.
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New map of South Georgia wins award
Read more of: New map of South Georgia wins awardBritish Antarctic Survey’s detailed map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia featuring the epic “Shackleton Crossing” has won an award at the 2018 British Cartography Society Awards. The map, […]
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Satellites more at risk from fast solar wind than a major space storm
Read more of: Satellites more at risk from fast solar wind than a major space stormSatellites are more likely to be at risk from high-speed solar wind than a major geomagnetic storm according to a new UK-US study published this week in the Journal Space […]
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BAS scientist joins research ship ‘drifting’ past North Pole
Read more of: BAS scientist joins research ship ‘drifting’ past North PoleUK scientists will join what could be the largest-scale Arctic research expedition ever planned when the German research ship, RV Polarstern, is deliberately lodged into sea ice to drift past […]
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Melt-rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet highly sensitive to changes in ocean temperatures
Read more of: Melt-rate of West Antarctic Ice Sheet highly sensitive to changes in ocean temperaturesMelting of ice shelves in West Antarctica speeds up and slows down in response to changes in deep ocean temperature, and is far more variable than previously thought, according to […]
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Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon Ganymede
Read more of: Million fold increase in the power of waves near Jupiter’s moon GanymedeUnderstanding of how Jupiter’s magnetic field interacts with its moons and with intense particle radiation.
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“Thermal scar” from dinosaur era still warming base of Greenland Ice Sheet, new findings show
Read more of: “Thermal scar” from dinosaur era still warming base of Greenland Ice Sheet, new findings showA new ‘heat map’ shows, in unprecedented detail, how geothermal heat is escaping through the Earth’s surface beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. This is critical information for enabling scientists to […]
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Increases in winds weaken Southern Ocean carbon sink
Read more of: Increases in winds weaken Southern Ocean carbon sinkA new study of lake sediments from the sub-Antarctic reveals for the first time that increases in westerly winds are likely to reduce the ability of the Southern Ocean to […]
