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Special feature highlights the value of biodiversity
Read more of: Special feature highlights the value of biodiversityScientists agree that meeting the ever-increasing needs of the Earth’s human population while maintaining biological diversity is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Despite bold international commitments, biodiversity […]
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Relocation of Halley Research Station
Read more of: Relocation of Halley Research StationBritish Antarctic Survey is getting ready to move its Halley VI Research Station 23 km across the ice. This is the first time that the station, which has a re-locatable […]
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New field season begins
Read more of: New field season beginsAs spring returns to the southern hemisphere British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has started another research season which will take them over land, sea and ice in search of answers to […]
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New study shows when Pine Island Glacier retreat began
Read more of: New study shows when Pine Island Glacier retreat beganNew study reveals when West Antarctica’s largest glacier started retreating Reporting this week (Wednesday 23 November) in the journal Nature an international team led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Icebergs and blue carbon
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Icebergs and blue carbonWhen divers laid a grid of 225 markers on the seabed it started one of the longest marine disturbance experiments anywhere in the world. Surveyed and replaced annually, they show […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Modelling Gondwana break-up
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Modelling Gondwana break-upGondwana break-up changed the global continental configuration, leading to the opening of major oceanic gateways, shifts in the climate system and significant impacts on the biosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere. Although […]
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Quest begins for oldest ice on Earth
Read more of: Quest begins for oldest ice on EarthFirst phase of project to collect 1.5 million years of climate data in Antarctica A team of European scientists heads to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice […]
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New study puts shells under spotlight
Read more of: New study puts shells under spotlightA new study on how molluscs build their shells in the sub-zero waters of Antarctica is published today (Friday 11 November) in the journal Scientific Reports. A team of European […]
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UK welcomes agreement on largest Marine Protected Area
Read more of: UK welcomes agreement on largest Marine Protected AreaHOBART, Australia: The world’s experts on Antarctic marine conservation have this week agreed to establish a marine protected area (MPA) in Antarctica’s Ross Sea. At the meeting of the Commission […]
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Iceberg scouring disturbs carbon-fixing seafloor ecosystems
Read more of: Iceberg scouring disturbs carbon-fixing seafloor ecosystemsShallow-water ecosystems are a major carbon sink, as many species living on the seafloor use carbon to build their tissue and shells. This carbon can become part of seafloor sediment […]
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Study shows mixed fortunes for Signy penguins
Read more of: Study shows mixed fortunes for Signy penguinsA forty year study on a remote Antarctic island shows that while populations of two penguin species are declining, a third is increasing. Analysis of census data from Signy Island […]