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1. PRESS RELEASE: Sea bed life captures carbon

   Antarctic sea bed life captures carbon as sea ice melts Colonies of tiny filter-feeding Antarctic marine creatures (bryozoans), that appear to be thriving in response to a reduction in sea-ice […]

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2. NEWS STORY: Arctic sea ice 2015

   Arctic sea ice 2015 On September 11, the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) reported that Arctic sea ice reached its likely minimum extent for 2015. The minimum ice […]

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3. NEWS STORY: World Ozone Day 2015

   World Ozone Day 2015

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4. NEWS STORY: Ocean life triggers ice formation in clouds

   Researchers from the Arctic Research Programme, managed at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), have shown for the first time that phytoplankton (plant life) in remote ocean regions can contribute to rare […]

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5. NEWS STORY: Antarctic stamps mark Queen’s milestone

   A major scientific discovery made by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists, as well as one of its ships, feature on a new set of stamps being released to mark Queen […]

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6. NEWS STORY: Explaining sea lion decline

   The southern sea lion population of the Falkland Islands witnessed a dramatic decline during the last century with numbers falling by 95 per cent between the 1930s and 1960s. It […]

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7. FEATURED PAPER: Ocean upwelling and increasing winds

   As the southern westerly winds drive the Antarctic circumpolar current around Antarctica, deep waters are forced up to the surface south of the polar front. Changes in the intensity with […]

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8. NEWS STORY: Predicting polar ice loss

   Most comprehensive ice loss model A new international study is the first to use a high-resolution, large-scale computer model to estimate how much ice the West Antarctic Ice Sheet could […]

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9. NEWS STORY: Tender to construct Aurora Cambridge

   Tender for the construction and fit of a new Innovation Centre at British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge

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10. NEWS STORY: Bird tracking aids seabird research

    Bird tracking technology reveals future climate may affect seabird feeding behaviour A two year study of shags on the Isle of May National Nature Reserve in Scotland reveals that when […]

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11. FEATURED PAPER: Glacier response to ice shelf collapse

    In February 2002, satellite images from a remote location in Antarctica revealed how an immense volume of floating ice, up to 1km thick, suddenly collapsed. Over the course of a […]

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12. PRESS RELEASE: Scent matters to fur seals

    Antarctic fur seals have unique ‘scent profile’ to recognise their pups Researchers studying Antarctic fur seals have discovered their scent has a unique ‘profile’ which enables them to recognise their […]

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