NEWS STORY: Mapping Antarctica’s last frontier
Mapping of remote Antarctic frontier will help model its reaction to climate change and unlock secrets of Earth’s ancient supercontinents. For the first time scientists have begun mapping one of […]
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NEWS STORY: World’s coldest place identified
Read more of: NEWS STORY: World’s coldest place identifiedScientists working at the United States National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said this week they have identified the coldest place on Earth using satellite observations of surface temperature. […]
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NEWS STORY: Climate change effects on shellfish
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Climate change effects on shellfishBAS takes the lead in ambitious science programme to aid fishing industry and monitor effects of climate change on Europe’s shellfish The supply of shellfish we buy at the supermarket […]
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NEWS STORY: Climate records from ice cores
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Climate records from ice coresNew ice core record shows climate variability in West Antarctica A 308-year ice core record provides new data on climate variability in coastal West Antarctica and shows that a clear […]
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NEWS STORY: Scientists contribute to oral history
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Scientists contribute to oral historyVoices of Science: a new British Library oral history archive A major oral history project to gather the life stories of British scientists has culminated in the launch of a […]
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NEWS STORY: New marine species identified
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New marine species identifiedNew species recovered from Amundsen Sea More than thirty new, and, as yet unclassified, species of marine life were discovered during a science expedition to the Amundsen Sea off Pine […]
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NEWS STORY: Marking Antarctica Day
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Marking Antarctica DayAntarctica Day was inaugurated in 2010 to celebrate the 1st December 1959 signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which was adopted “with the interests of science and the progress of all […]
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NEWS STORY: Earthquakes strike Scotia Sea
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Earthquakes strike Scotia SeaSeries of large earthquakes in Scotia Sea close to South Orkney Islands A series of earthquakes has been detected in the Scotia Sea region close to the British Antarctic Survey’s […]
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NEWS STORY: “Stripes” hinder ice flow
Read more of: NEWS STORY: “Stripes” hinder ice flowTiger stripes’ under Antarctic glacier slow the flow Narrow stripes of dirt and rock beneath massive Antarctic glaciers create friction zones that slow the flow of ice toward the sea, […]
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NEWS STORY: Training places announced
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Training places announcedNERC invests £100m in environmental science doctoral training The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, today announced £100 million of new NERC investment in fifteen Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs), […]
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NEWS STORY: Book prize for Halley doctor
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Book prize for Halley doctorFormer BAS doctor wins prestigious book prize A GP who wrote a book about his time working as the British Antarctic Survey’s doctor at the Halley V research station has […]
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NEWS STORY: Fishing limits to be discussed at meeting
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Fishing limits to be discussed at meetingCCAMLR underway in Hobart The annual gathering of international Antarctic scientists and policy makers is under way at Hobart in Australia. Twenty-five delegations from around the world have arrived in […]