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1. UK scientists to explore Changing Arctic Ocean

   A new £10 million research programme to investigate how the Arctic Ocean is changing kicked off last week (Friday 30 June) with its first research expedition to the Barents Sea. […]

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2. Climate change may cause expansion to ice-free areas across Antarctica

   Ice-free areas in Antarctica could expand by close to 25 per cent by 2100 and drastically change the biodiversity of the continent, research published this week in Nature has shown. […]

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3. Boaty McBoatface returns home with unprecedented data

   Researchers have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth – known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) – during the first voyage of the yellow […]

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4. How much carbon can polar seafloor ecosystems store?

   One of the best-known impacts of climate change is the loss of sea ice in the Arctic, but also in parts of the Antarctic: the poles are increasingly turning from […]

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5. Storms caused massive Antarctic sea ice loss in 2016

   A series of unprecedented storms over the Southern Ocean likely caused the most dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice seen to date, a new study finds. Antarctic sea ice – […]

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6. Midwinter’s Day 2017

   As darkness cloaks Antarctica, science and support staff wintering across the white continent will  today celebrate Midwinter’s Day – the shortest day in the Austral winter. With some staff experiencing […]

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7. Team discovers sub-glacial lake from over 20,000 years ago

   Researchers have provided new evidence that large sub-glacial lakes existed under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the last glacial period – around 20,000 years ago – a period when […]

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8. Plastic pollution in the Antarctic worse than expected

   The levels of microplastic particles accumulating in the Antarctic are much worse than expected, a team of experts has warned. The continent is considered to be a pristine wilderness compared […]

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9. British Antarctic Survey at Bluedot Festival 2017

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is delighted to be participating in this year’s Bluedot music festival in Macclesfield 7-9 July. The event, which last year attracted over 20,000 visitors, is billed […]

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10. Horizon Antarctica Ice Station Rescue on BBC Two

    Horizon documentary ‘Antarctica Ice Station Rescue’ broadcasts on Wednesday 7 June @ 21:00 on BBC Two In 2016 British Antarctic Survey (BAS) invited BBC film-maker Natalie Hewit to its Halley […]

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11. New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves

    New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behaviour of Antarctic ice shelves. Presenting this week at a European conference scientists […]

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12. New atlas provides highest-resolution imagery of the Polar Regions seafloor

    The most comprehensive and high-resolution atlas of the seafloor of both Polar Regions is presented this week (Tuesday 25 April) at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly (EGU) in Vienna.

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