Nature’s ocean fertiliser
Scientists have discovered that Antarctic krill – a tiny shrimp-like crustacean – plays a key role in fertilising the Southern Ocean with iron, which stimulates the growth of phytoplankton, the […]
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Arctic sea ice heading towards second lowest on record
Read more of: Arctic sea ice heading towards second lowest on recordThis year the extent of summer sea ice in the Arctic is heading towards being the second lowest on record. The Arctic sea ice minimum marks the day – typically […]
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Polar experts offer expertise to the developing world
Read more of: Polar experts offer expertise to the developing worldODA funds – expertise to address major challenges facing the developing world
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Subantarctic seabed creatures and past climate
Read more of: Subantarctic seabed creatures and past climateA new marine biodiversity study in one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the world reveals the impact of environmental change on subantarctic seabed animals and answers big questions […]
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Ramboll named technical adviser to BAS
Read more of: Ramboll named technical adviser to BASTechnical advisor appointment
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New interactive game ‘Ice Flows’ launches today
Read more of: New interactive game ‘Ice Flows’ launches todayResearchers and games developers have joined forces to explain how climate change is affecting Antarctica. A new game called ‘Ice Flows’ launches today (Tuesday 23 August) at an international science meeting in Malaysia.
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New Antarctic ice discovery aids future climate predictions
Read more of: New Antarctic ice discovery aids future climate predictionsA team of British climate scientists comparing today’s environment with the warm period before the last ice age has discovered a 65% reduction of Antarctic sea ice around 128,000 years […]
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New map reveals how little of Antarctica’s rock is ice-free
Read more of: New map reveals how little of Antarctica’s rock is ice-freeUntil now estimates of how much of ice-free rock is exposed in Antarctica were stated as ‘less than 1%’. For the first time scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have […]
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Review of threats to seabirds
Read more of: Review of threats to seabirdsA review of breeding distributions, population trends, threats and key priorities for conservation actions on land and at sea for the 29 species covered by the Agreement on the Conservation […]
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Polar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacks
Read more of: Polar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacksAn international team of scientists have used air bubbles in polar ice from pre-industrial times to measure the sensitivity of the Earth’s land biosphere to changes in temperature.
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Albatrosses use different regions when on migration
Read more of: Albatrosses use different regions when on migrationA new study of the movements of sub-Antarctic albatrosses tracked from two remote islands some 5,000 km apart, shows that although the birds from each breeding site take similar routes around the Southern Ocean, they forage in different areas for the majority of the time. The results are published this month in the Nature journal Scientific Reports.
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A recent pause in Antarctic Peninsula warming
Read more of: A recent pause in Antarctic Peninsula warmingThe rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula, which occurred from the early-1950s to the late 1990s, has paused. Stabilisation of the ozone hole along with natural climate variability were significant in bringing about the change. Together these influences have now caused the northern part of the peninsula to enter a temporary cooling phase. Temperatures remain higher than measured during the middle of the 20th Century and glacial retreat is still taking place. However, scientists predict that if greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise at the current rate, temperatures will increase across the Antarctic Peninsula by several degrees Centigrade by the end of this century.
