PRESS RELEASE: British team to explore buried lake
British team set to access and sample one of the last unexplored environments on Earth This week (12 December) a British team of scientists and engineers, including scientists from British […]
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NEWS STORY: Sea level rise calculated
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Sea level rise calculatedBritish Antarctic Survey researchers part of landmark study to improve projections for future sea level An international team of satellite experts including researchers at British Antarctic Survey has produced the […]
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NEWS STORY: Celebrating Antarctica Day
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Celebrating 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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PRESS RELEASE: Effects of ocean acidification
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Effects of ocean acidificationFirst evidence of ocean acidification affecting live marine creatures in the Southern Ocean The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are […]
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NEWS STORY: Agreement signed with Chile
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Agreement signed with ChileBritish Antarctic Survey and Chilean Antarctic Institute sign agreement to strengthen science cooperation This month Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary, William Hague welcomed a joint commitment to partner […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Changing winds increasing sea ice cover
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Changing winds increasing sea ice coverWhy 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 […]