Carbon dioxide level breached at Halley VI
Levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere – which is the leading driver of recent climate change – have reached a milestone at British Antarctic Survey’s […]
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Read more of: Carbon dioxide level breached at Halley VI
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FEATURED PAPER: Energetic Electron Hazard
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Energetic Electron HazardEnergetic electrons are an important space weather hazard. In this paper we apply extreme value analysis to 16 years of operational satellite data from the NOAA Polar Operational Environmental Satellites […]
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FEATURED PAPER: Battling bryozoans
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Battling bryozoansThis paper shows that, contrary to long-held ideas, the intensity of competition (density of direct, physical spatial contests) differs little with latitude. However, the severity of competition (contests with a […]
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Antarctic ‘space’ exhibition opens in Cheltenham
Read more of: Antarctic ‘space’ exhibition opens in CheltenhamAn exhibition showing how the isolation of Antarctica is used as a platform for understanding space opens this week (7-12 June) at The Times Science Festival in Cheltenham.
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UK reaffirms commitment to protecting Antarctica
Read more of: UK reaffirms commitment to protecting AntarcticaInternational declaration marks the 25th anniversary of the signing of the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty
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Antarctic fossils show creatures wiped out by asteroid
Read more of: Antarctic fossils show creatures wiped out by asteroidA study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions.
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FEATURED PAPER: Improved modelling of ice-ocean processes
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Improved modelling of ice-ocean processesPine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is currently one of the single biggest contributors to sea-level rise with an estimated volume loss of 1.2mm sea-level equivalent per decade. The loss […]
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UK’s £200m Polar Research Ship named in honour of Sir David Attenborough
Read more of: UK’s £200m Polar Research Ship named in honour of Sir David AttenboroughUK’s £200m Polar Research Ship to be named after Sir David Attenborough, days before the broadcaster’s 90th birthday “Boaty McBoatface” to live on as the name of the ship’s high-tech […]
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Documentary follows BBC’s Peter Gibbs back to the ice
Read more of: Documentary follows BBC’s Peter Gibbs back to the iceBBC Horizon documentary ‘Ice Station Antarctica’ to be broadcast on Wednesday 4 May at 8pm, BBC2.
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British Antarctic Survey seeks construction partner
Read more of: British Antarctic Survey seeks construction partnerOpportunity to partner with BAS to deliver a construction programme to modernise UK Antarctic and other research facilities.
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NEWS STORY: Fighting for space on the seabed
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Fighting for space on the seabedNew research highlights differences between the tropics and the poles Rivalry between species is common the world over as animals fight for territory and resources such as food. But, according […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS in Swiss-led research programme
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS in Swiss-led research programmeBAS scientists to take part in Swiss-led Antarctic research cruise Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are to take part in a research cruise which will circumnavigate the continent of […]
