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1. Polar ecologist prepares for the ice – Blog no. 1

   New blog from ecologist Jes Bartlett who’s heading to spend the summer working at Signy Island Research station. Here she talks about preparing cargo in her blog: The Cargo Deadline […]

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2. Ship assists satellite missions

   On 20 September 2016 the British Antarctic Survey ship, the RRS James Clark Ross, set sail on its long voyage from Immingham in the UK to Stanley in the Falkland […]

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3. Antarctica’s hidden world revealed at New Scientist Live

   Research beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheets has revealed mountain ranges the size of the Alps, lakes bigger than Windermere, rivers, streams and ancient volcanoes. But why should we care? Professor […]

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4. FEATURED PAPER: Atmospheric variability & surface temperatures

   This paper investigates the impact that the four principal patterns of Southern Hemisphere (SH) atmospheric circulation variability have on Antarctic surface air temperature (SAT): 1) the southern baroclinic annular mode […]

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5. 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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6. Arctic sea ice heading towards second lowest on record

   This 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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7. Polar experts offer expertise to the developing world

   ODA funds – expertise to address major challenges facing the developing world

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8. Subantarctic seabed creatures and past climate

   A 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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9. Ramboll named technical adviser to BAS

   Technical advisor appointment

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10. New interactive game ‘Ice Flows’ launches today

    Researchers 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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11. New Antarctic ice discovery aids future climate predictions

    A 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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12. New map reveals how little of Antarctica’s rock is ice-free

    Until 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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