Conservation and leadership in Southern Ocean ecosystems
CONSEC explores how climate change and human activity are transforming the Southern Ocean, guiding global science and conservation.
Biology laboratories
Biology laboratories, Cambridge, UK
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- Lat: 52.2125, Long: 0.080556
BAS has a suite of laboratories and analytical instruments for the chemical and elemental analysis of biological samples, including liquid and gas chromatographic separations and CHN analyses, facilities for the sorting and preservation of samples, and a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and microscope facility.
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Thermal biology of Antarctic ectotherms
Read more of: Thermal biology of Antarctic ectothermsThis project studies how Antarctic aquatic ectotherms — animals whose body temperature depends on their environment — survive in freezing waters.
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Using an Antarctic fungus as a wintertime biopesticide
Read more of: Using an Antarctic fungus as a wintertime biopesticideThis project investigated whether Mortierella, a cold-tolerant Antarctic soil fungus, could replace banned chemical pesticides in controlling weevil larvae that damage UK soft fruit and forestry crops.
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Fungi respire millennium-old carbon from Antarctic soil
Read more of: Fungi respire millennium-old carbon from Antarctic soilFungi in Antarctic soils release carbon that is more than a thousand years old, a team led by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has found. This discovery sheds light on how carbon is released into the atmosphere as polar regions warm.
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NEWS STORY: Fighting for space on the seabed
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Fighting for space on the seabedNew research highlights differences between the tropics and the poles Rivalry between species is common the world over as animals fight for territory and resources such as food. But, according […]
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NEWS STORY: Bridging the gap in the krill debate
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Bridging the gap in the krill debateEvent: Understanding the objectives for krill fishing and conservation in the Scotia Sea and the Antarctic Peninsula Region Convened by the British Antarctic Survey, ICED and WWF WWF’s Living Planet […]
