Projects

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1. Biodiversity

   Fragmentation occurs when parts of a habitat are lost due to for example change of land use, leaving behind smaller unconnected areas. This makes survival of the species of the […]

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2. Exposure

   Exposure is one of the corners of the risk triangle, the other parameters being hazard and the vulnerability. In this context exposure is defined as the degree to which elements-at-risk […]

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3. AI4EOAccelerator

   AI4EO Accelerator applies artificial intelligence to the large amounts of Earth Observation satellite data now available,

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4. Modelling Greenland’s abrupt ancient warming

   SDOO project investigates abrupt climate warming episodes recorded in Greenland ice cores, known as Dansgaard-Oeschger events, where temperatures rose by 10-15°C within a decade during the last glacial period.

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5. Port Lockroy Data Portal

   Port Lockroy is the site of the first permanent British Antarctic base, ‘Base A’.

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6. Plastic’s hidden cost to our climate

   CUPIDO aims to address: what is the role of zooplankton in promoting the transport of plastic in the ocean? And how this plastic transport interferes with zooplankton’s ability to store carbon in the deep ocean?

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7. UK Polar Horizons 2021

   We are exploring funding and resource options for running Polar Horizons again in the future. Keep an eye out on BAS socials for the latest updates on different activities and […]

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8. Antarctic Coastal Winds

   This project aimed to improve observational knowledge of winds along the Antarctic coast and use this to both evaluate the current state-of-the art climate models and help make improvements for the next model generation.

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9. SO-WISE

   SO-WISE addresses a critical knowledge gap in understanding how warm ocean water reaches and melts the undersides of West Antarctic ice shelves, which is currently the largest source of uncertainty in global sea level rise projections.

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10. READER observations

    The READER data set is continuously being revised as more observations are acquired, however as with any data set we expect READER to contain errors. The observations come from a […]

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11. Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative – Key outcomes

    A series of events and activities to raise awareness of opportunities in UK Polar Science

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12. Diversity in UK Polar Science – Steering Group

    Enhancing diversity, equality and inclusion in UK Polar science

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