FEATURED PAPER: Wind, warm water and ice-sheet loss
Wind-driven incursions of warm, deep water forced the retreat of West Antarctic glaciers from the end of the last ice age until 7,500 years ago and since the 1940s. These […]
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New study calls for unified research to understand changing ecosystems
Read more of: New study calls for unified research to understand changing ecosystemsA new multidisciplinary study led by scientists at British Antarctic Study (BAS) stresses the need for an integrated approach to understand the effects of climate change on Antarctic marine ecosystems. […]
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Milestone in construction of RRS Sir David Attenborough
Read more of: Milestone in construction of RRS Sir David AttenboroughRolls-Royce is marking a major milestone on the journey towards the completion of Britain’s new polar research vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough being built by Merseyside shipyard Cammell Laird.
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Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island Glacier
Read more of: Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island GlacierLatest satellite images reveal a new 100-square-mile iceberg emerging from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. The calving event did not come as a complete surprise, but is a troubling sign with […]
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Arctic sea ice at minimum extent for 2017
Read more of: Arctic sea ice at minimum extent for 2017Arctic sea ice extent has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 4.64 million square kilometers (1.79 million square miles) on September 13, 2017, according to a team […]
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Marine snails know how to budget their housing costs
Read more of: Marine snails know how to budget their housing costsFor nearly 50 years, researchers have been stumped as to why sea shells from warm tropical waters are comparatively larger than their cold water relatives. New research, led by the […]
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Science cruise departs ahead of Discovery Investigations anniversary
Read more of: Science cruise departs ahead of Discovery Investigations anniversaryToday the royal research ship RRS Discovery will depart Southampton for an ambitious science expedition to the ocean around South Georgia. This expedition will take place almost 100 years after […]
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Special protection for area exposed by Larsen C iceberg
Read more of: Special protection for area exposed by Larsen C icebergAn international agreement is now in place to give special protection to the area of ocean left exposed when one of the largest icebergs ever recorded broke free from the […]
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World Ozone Day: 30th anniversary of Montreal Protocol
Read more of: World Ozone Day: 30th anniversary of Montreal ProtocolThis week (Saturday 16 September), marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. It is one of the most successful […]
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More losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine life
Read more of: More losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine lifeA new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. […]
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Antarctic marine life may grow faster in a warming world
Read more of: Antarctic marine life may grow faster in a warming worldA team of scientists has discovered that a 1°C rise in local sea temperature has massive impacts on an Antarctic marine community. These new results are published this week (31 […]
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Zooplankton resilient to long-term warming
Read more of: Zooplankton resilient to long-term warmingTemperature plays an important role in the distribution of ocean plankton communities and has the potential to cause major distribution shifts, as recently observed in the Arctic. A new study […]