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1. PRESCIENT

   PRESCIENT supports long-term, strategically important measurements and capabilities for the wider science community.

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2. South Georgia seabirds from space

   This project tests whether satellite imagery can be used to monitor breeding seabirds across the island group.

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3. The Sustainable Flag Project

   The field department have estimate the use of 400 flags on station with ~ 1,000 flags deployed into the field each year. We have conducted a preliminary trial by testing different material types (cotton canvas and Ventile) at select sites around Rothera.

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4. Snow Hill Emperor Penguin Expedition

   A BAS science team has returned from Snow Hill emperor penguin colony, where they have conducted survey work, collected guano samples for DNA analysis and deployed the first tracking tags on emperor penguins in the Weddell Sea.

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5. Mass extinction and biological responses to Cenozoic environmental change

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6. The evolution and ecology of Antarctic sea floor communities

   Antarctic seafloor ecosystems are both unique and fragile. Studying their past and present gives us valuable insights into how climate change may reshape them.

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7. Hungry Humpbacks

   Hungry Humpbacks studied how humpback whales, the largest predators of krill in the region, fed at South Georgia.

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8. Sustainability within AIMP

   The Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme (AIMP) Sustainability Strategy comprises eight major sustainability themes.

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9. Zavodovski Expedition

   The first comprehensive scientific survey of Zavodovski Island, home to the world’s largest penguin colony.

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10. 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.

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11. Evaluating climate change risks to Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish

    This project assesses how climate change affects Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish populations in the South Atlantic. Led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), it focuses on the UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands.

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12. AI for smart conservation

    The AI for smart conservation project combines sea ice forecasts, satellite data, and GPS tracking to create early-warning systems for Arctic wildlife.

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