Poor outlook for Antarctic biodiversity
An international study involving scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a much better environmental shape than the […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Winds and sea ice
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Winds and sea iceIt is thought that wind changes over the Southern Ocean may have been critical in driving changes in CO2 between cold ice-world and warm-world climates. Because of inconsistencies between the […]
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Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia
Read more of: Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South GeorgiaA new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia – famous for its wildlife – was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results […]
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Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic mission
Read more of: Boaty McBoatface sub prepares for first Antarctic missionBoaty McBoatface is joining ocean scientists from the University of Southampton and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) on an expedition to study some of the deepest and coldest abyssal ocean waters […]
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Raising Horizons: Portraits of women in science
Read more of: Raising Horizons: Portraits of women in scienceBAS Director features in photographic portraits of women in science
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Signy Island is hottest place in the Antarctic
Read more of: Signy Island is hottest place in the AntarcticA World Meteorological Organization (WMO) committee of experts announces this week (Wed 1 March) new records for the highest temperatures recorded in the Antarctic Region. The results are part of […]
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New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf
Read more of: New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice ShelfBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently captured this video footage of a huge crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Currently a huge iceberg, roughly the size […]
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Local weather plays part in retreat of glacier
Read more of: Local weather plays part in retreat of glacierLocal weather plays an important part in the retreat of the ice shelves in West Antarctica, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications today (Friday 17 February). […]
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Antarctic sea ice extent lowest on record
Read more of: Antarctic sea ice extent lowest on recordThis year the extent of summer sea ice in the Antarctic is the lowest on record. The Antarctic sea ice minimum marks the day – typically towards end of February […]
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New study reveals what penguins eat
Read more of: New study reveals what penguins eatThe longest and most comprehensive study to date of what penguins eat is published this month. The study, published in the journal Marine Biology, examines the diets of gentoo penguins […]
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New study on how shellfish create their shells
Read more of: New study on how shellfish create their shellsA new study describing how shellfish create their shells in response to their environment is published today (Wednesday 8 February) in the journal Royal Society Open Science. The shells of […]
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Halley VI Research Station – relocation success
Read more of: Halley VI Research Station – relocation successBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) has successfully relocated Halley VI Research Station to its new home on the Brunt Ice Shelf. Operational teams have spent the past 13 weeks moving each […]
