Climate change affects marine animals on Antarctica’s seabed
A rapid increase in the frequency of icebergs pounding the shallow seafloor around the West Antarctic Peninsula — as a result of shrinking winter sea ice — has caused the […]
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International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 September
Read more of: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 SeptemberNew documentary examines the status of the Ozone Hole on the anniversary of the Montreal Protocol – a global agreement banning ozone depleting substances It’s over 25 years since British […]
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800,000 years of abrupt climate variability
Read more of: 800,000 years of abrupt climate variabilityAn international team of scientists, led by Dr Stephen Barker of Cardiff University, has produced a prediction of what climate records from Greenland might look like over the last 800,000 […]
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Antarctic Organisation Announces Fellowship Recipient
Read more of: Antarctic Organisation Announces Fellowship RecipientAmelia Marks, from Royal Holloway University in the UK, has been awarded the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP) Research Fellowship 2011/2012. The Fellowship, worth up to US$15,000, […]
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Raising the flag to celebrate the return of the sun
Read more of: Raising the flag to celebrate the return of the sunStaff at British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station recently raised the Union flag to mark the first sighting of the sun again after several weeks of continual darkness. The sun […]
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2011 Martha T. Muse Prize awarded to BAS marine ecologist Dr José Xavier
Read more of: 2011 Martha T. Muse Prize awarded to BAS marine ecologist Dr José XavierDr. José Xavier, a marine ecologist at the Institute of Marine Research of the University of Coimbra in Portugal and the British Antarctic Survey in UK, has been awarded the […]
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What lies beneath? Scientists discuss Antarctica’s hidden mountains
Read more of: What lies beneath? Scientists discuss Antarctica’s hidden mountainsScientists from British Antarctic Survey and institutes around the world discuss ‘what lies beneath the ice’ at the International Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences in Edinburgh today (Friday 15 July). […]
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Antarctic researchers strive to make better predictions for future sea-level rise
Read more of: Antarctic researchers strive to make better predictions for future sea-level riseAntarctic geoscientists and ice sheet modellers get together in Edinburgh this week to investigate ways to improve predictions of likely sea-level rise as a result of future ice loss from […]
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International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) 2011
Read more of: International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) 2011BAS scientists are participating in the prestigious International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES) in Edinburgh this week (11–15 July). Over 500 experts in the fields of geology and glaciology […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Underwater volcanoes discovered
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Underwater volcanoes discoveredUnderwater Antarctic volcanoes discovered in the Southern Ocean Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered previously unknown volcanoes in the ocean waters around the remote South Sandwich Islands. Using […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Krill’s key role in oceans
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Krill’s key role in oceansAntarctic krill help to fertilise Southern Ocean with iron A new discovery reveals that the shrimp-like creature at the heart of the Antarctic food chain could play a key role […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Glacier’s melt rate quickens
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Glacier’s melt rate quickensWarm ocean speeds melting of Antarctic glacier New results from an investigation into a large glacier in Antarctica and its impact on global sea level rise are published this week […]