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1. NEWS STORY: Awards to BAS staff

   Polar medals awarded to three BAS staff Three British Antarctic Survey staff have been honoured with the Polar Medal. The Queen approved the awards for outstanding achievement and service to […]

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2. PRESS RELEASE: Assessing potential sea level rise

   New Antarctic geological timeline aids future sea-level predictions Radiocarbon dates of tiny fossilised marine animals found in Antarctica’s seabed sediments offer new clues about the recent rapid ice loss from […]

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3. PRESS RELEASE: Lake drill mission called off

   Antarctic lake mission called off In the early hours of Christmas Day (Tuesday 25 December 2012) Professor Martin Siegert, Principal Investigator of the Subglacial Lake Ellsworth experiment, confirmed that the […]

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4. NEWS STORY: Queen Elizabeth land

   UK names part of Antarctica in honour of the Queen The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, has announced that the southern part of British Antarctic Territory has been named Queen Elizabeth […]

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5. 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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6. NEWS STORY: Sea level rise calculated

   British 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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7. NEWS STORY: Celebrating Antarctica Day

   Antarctica 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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8. PRESS RELEASE: Effects of ocean acidification

   First 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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9. NEWS STORY: Agreement signed with Chile

   British 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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10. 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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11. Outcome of NERC Council meeting to consider proposal to merge BAS and NOC

    Statement made this morning by NERC on the proposal to merge BAS and the National Oceanography Centre

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12. NEWS STORY: Surfaces of glaciers studied

    The 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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