PRESS RELEASE: Changing winds increasing sea ice cover
Why Antarctic sea ice cover has increased under the effects of climate change The first direct evidence that marked changes to Antarctic sea ice drift have occurred over the last […]
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Outcome of NERC Council meeting to consider proposal to merge BAS and NOC
Read more of: Outcome of NERC Council meeting to consider proposal to merge BAS and NOCStatement made this morning by NERC on the proposal to merge BAS and the National Oceanography Centre
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NEWS STORY: Surfaces of glaciers studied
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Surfaces of glaciers studiedThe effects of microbial life on glaciers and ice sheets Around 10% of the Earth’s surface is covered by glacial ice (glaciers and ice sheets), some of which melt as […]
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NEWS STORY: Insights into icebergs
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Insights into icebergsScientists discover new mechanism at work breaking-up icebergs An international team of scientists has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which large tabular icebergs break up out at sea as […]
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Antarctic Reception with Neil Carmichael MP at House of Commons
Read more of: Antarctic Reception with Neil Carmichael MP at House of CommonsOn the 23rd October, Neil Carmichael MP hosted an Antarctic Reception at the House of Commons to promote the Antarctic Bill, which has its second reading in Parliament on the […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Ice sheet behaviour analysed
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Ice sheet behaviour analysedIce sheet retreat controlled by the landscape Ice-sheet retreat can halt temporarily during long phases of climate warming, according to scientists. A UK team led by Durham University has found […]
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NEWS STORY: Consultation on merger proposal
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Consultation on merger proposalNERC consultation on proposal to merge BAS and National Oceanography Centre (NOC) The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is undertaking a consultation exercise on a proposal to merge two of […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Mission to Antarctic buried lake
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Mission to Antarctic buried lakeBritish team set to embark on ambitious Antarctic mission to penetrate & sample ancient buried lake After 16 years of planning the countdown is on for one of the most […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS involved in NASA mission
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS involved in NASA missionBritish Antarctic Survey scientists involved in NASA ‘space weather’ mission WASHINGTON — NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore the Earth’s radiation belts, launched […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Antarctica’s climate timeline
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Antarctica’s climate timelineNew climate history adds to understanding of recent Antarctic Peninsula warming Results published this week by a team of polar scientists from Britain, Australia and France adds a new dimension […]
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NEWS STORY: Ocean sampling at Rothera
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Ocean sampling at RotheraOcean sampling: Rothera, Antarctic Peninsula: last but not least! Are the World’s oceans all the same, or are they different? OK at the most basic level, we all know that […]
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NEWS STORY: HMS Protector open to public
Read more of: NEWS STORY: HMS Protector open to publicRoyal Navy’s Antarctic patrol vessel, HMS Protector, pays a four-day visit to Ipswich The Royal Navy’s 5000 tonne Antarctic patrol vessel will sail into Ipswich on Friday (August 10) for […]