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Global shipping is undergoing significant changes. In January 2020 the maximum sulphur emission by ships in international waters will reduce from 3.5% to 0.5% by mass, as a result of …
Investigating physical and chemical changes in atmospheric circulation, ozone depletion, temperatures and sea-ice extent in both Polar Regions can help determine how much of the observed change is due to human activity and how much is a result of natural factors. Unique chemical processes occur in the atmosphere above Antarctica and the Arctic reveal much about our changing world.
Understanding the atmosphere and the ozone layer – a short film from UNEP
North Sea Methane
Offshore gas fields worldwide are major sources of methane emissions. Developing reliable methods to locate emissions and pinpoint sources is critical for quantifying the volume of methane emissions from gas …
Whole Atmosphere Climate Change
The near-Earth space environment is host to an increasing amount of advanced, satellite-based technology, used for both commercial and scientific purposes. To safeguard this technology and ensure that we can …
SWIGS
Certain ground based technologies, such as electrical power grids, pipelines and railways are susceptible to the effects of Space Weather. Changes in the way the magnetic fields of the …
‘Sounds of Space’
Using a Very Low Frequency receiver at Halley Research Station we can pick up radio waves made by our planet. We use these waves to investigate the science of space …
Retreat of Southern Hemisphere Sea Ice, 127 000 years BP
Sea ice is the cause of the largest uncertainties in climate model projections of polar change in the Southern Hemisphere (SH). During the Last Interglacial (LIG), between 130 000 and …
Southern Ocean Carbon
The Southern Ocean is one of the most important and poorly understood components of the global carbon cycle that profoundly shapes Earth’s climate. It is the primary hot spot for …
Orographic Flows and the Climate of the Antarctic Peninsula (OFCAP)
OFCAP is an integrated programme of field observations, analysis and modelling aimed at understanding how the westerly winds in the Antarctic Peninsula interact with the mountains and influence the climate …
Joint Airborne Study of the Peninsula Region (JASPER)
JASPER brings together two of the best equipped Polar meteorology instrumented aircraft and teams to study boundary layer meteorology in the Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea. A joint project between …
Aerosol-Cloud and Climate interations in the Arctic
Developing a better understanding of cloud and aerosol processes in the Arctic in order to improve climate models.
Space Weather Observatory
Assessing Space Weather impacts
COMICS
Investigating the twilight zone The four-year COMICS project, is led by the National Oceanography Centre, is a collaboration between the British Antarctic Survey and the universities of Queen Mary London, …
SubICE – Sub-Antarctic Ice Coring Expedition
The Sub-Antarctic – ice coring expedition (SubICE), part of the international Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE), successfully drilled several shallow ice cores, from five of the remote and globally significant sub-Antarctic …
Methane Observations and Yearly Assessments
Methane is one of the most important greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and changes in its concentration could have major influences on the Earth’s climate. Measurements made around the world …
A new polar research ship for Britain: project delivery
A new research platform to put UK scientists at the forefront of polar science
Meteorology and Ozone Monitoring
Long-term meteorological and ozone observations and data help determine the causes of climate change in the polar regions. Meteorology Meteorological observations are made regularly throughout the day at Halley and …
Quantifying energetic particle precipitation into the atmosphere (QEPPA)
QEPPA is a joint project between the British Antarctic Survey and the Space physics group at Lancaster University. The objective of QEPPA is to work out the amount of charged …
The role of the Southern Ocean in regulating atmospheric CO2 on glacial-interglacial timescales
The cause of the variability in atmospheric CO2 over glacial-interglacial timescales has been a puzzle since its discovery in the early 1980s. It is widely believed to be related to …
Filchner Ice Shelf System, Antarctica
Understanding the contribution that polar ice sheets make to global sea-level rise is recognised internationally as urgent. The mission of this five-year project is to capture new observations and data …
ISOL-ICE
PI: Markus M. Frey Co-I’s: X. Yang, R. Mulvaney NERC Grant: NE/N011813/1 The ozone layer shields all land-based life forms from harmful ultraviolet radiation; and indirectly influences the climate at …
iStar-D The contribution to sea-level rise from the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica
iStar-D will identify the potential contribution to sea-level rise, from ice locked in the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica
Sea ice – ocean feedbacks in the Antarctic shelf seas
1 September, 2019
The Iceland Greenland Seas Project
17 June, 2019
Dynamical drivers of the local wind regime in a Himalayan valley
12 November, 2018
Southern Ocean carbon-wind stress feedback
1 October, 2018
Surface impacts of the Quasi Biennial Oscillation
13 June, 2018
Cyclone-induced surface ozone and HDO depletion in the Arctic
19 December, 2017
Warm waters in West Antarctica
16 June, 2017
The Ozone Hole
1 April, 2017
It’s over 30 years since the discovery of the Ozone Hole drew world attention to the impact of human activity on the global environment. Why is the ozone layer important? …
Evidence of sub-MeV EMIC-driven electron precipitation
1 February, 2017
Föhn winds on South Georgia and their impact on regional climate
13 October, 2015
Wind-driven upwelling around grounded tabular icebergs
1 August, 2015
Particles and iodine compounds in coastal Antarctica
27 July, 2015
Foehn jets over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1 April, 2015
From ice to space
1 January, 2015
The Antarctic ozone hole during 2013
1 January, 2015
Föhn winds on South Georgia and their impacts on regional climate
28 November, 2014
Measurements of OH and RO2 radicals at Dome C, East Antarctica
26 November, 2014
Halocarbons associated with Arctic sea ice
1 October, 2014
Iodine in Sea Ice and the Polar Atmosphere
18 August, 2014
Twentieth century North Atlantic jet variability
1 April, 2014
Deep ocean carbonate ion increase during mid Miocene CO2 decline
26 February, 2014
Climate science: A resolution of the Antarctic paradox
23 January, 2014
The Antarctic ozone hole during 2012
1 January, 2014
The Antarctic ozone hole during 2011
1 January, 2014
Oxygen isotope anomaly not present in water vapor from Alert, Canada
26 November, 2013
The Balloon Array for RBSP Relativistic Electron Losses (BARREL)
1 November, 2013
Polar fohn winds and warming over the Larsen C Ice Shelf, Antarctica
1 September, 2013
The Amundsen Sea low
15 June, 2013
Sharp rise in summer melt on Antarctic Peninsula
1 June, 2013
Antarctic ozone loss in 1979-2010: first sign of ozone recovery
8 February, 2013
High ultraviolet radiation environments
1 January, 2012
Energy and ozone fluxes over sea ice
1 January, 2012
Wind-driven trends in Antarctic sea-ice drift
1 January, 2012
Tropical convective transport and the Walker circulation
1 January, 2012
Tropospheric clouds in Antarctica
1 January, 2012
Recent developments in the radiation belt environment model
1 January, 2011
Weather and climate
1 January, 2011
Limited polar low sensitivity to sea-surface temperature
1 January, 2011
Antarctic clouds
1 January, 2010
Reflections on the ozone hole
1 January, 2010
Assessing the regional disparities in geoengineering impacts
1 January, 2010
Using global arrays to investigate internal-waves and mixing
1 January, 2010
Trends in the land and ocean carbon uptake
1 January, 2010
Palaeoclimate Southern westerlies and CO2
1 January, 2010
The ineffectiveness of Joule heating in the stratosphere
1 January, 2010
Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide
17 November, 2009
Avalanching systems under intermediate driving rate
1 January, 2009
Longitudinal variation in E- and F-region ionospheric trends
1 January, 2009
Dynamics of the Earth’s particle radiation environment
1 January, 2009
Surface-ocean CO2 variability and vulnerability
1 January, 2009
Air-Ice-Chemical Interactions (AICI)
1 January, 2009
Impacts of the oceans on climate change
1 January, 2009
Relativistic electron loss timescales in the slot region
1 January, 2009
Emission of methane from plants
1 January, 2009
Closing the global budget for CO2
1 January, 2009
Origin of Jovian hiss in the extended Io torus
1 January, 2008
Magnetospheric physics – Hiss from the chorus
1 January, 2008
Boundary layer physics over snow and ice
1 January, 2008
Wave acceleration and loss in the Earth’s radiation belts
1 January, 2008
Saturated sink
1 January, 2008
The 2007 Antarctic ozone hole
1 January, 2008
Observations of iodine monoxide columns from satellite
1 January, 2008
Teleconnections
1 January, 2007
Comment on Khazanov et al. [2002] and Khazanov et al. [2006]
1 January, 2007
Boundary layer halogens in coastal Antarctica
1 January, 2007
Atmospheric boundary layer
1 January, 2007
Observations of OH and HO2 radicals in coastal Antarctica
1 January, 2007
East Antarctic continental margin, oceanography of
1 January, 2007
Toward a new generation of ice sheet models
1 January, 2007
Clouds
1 January, 2007
The surprising polar troposphere
1 January, 2007
Mechanisms for the acceleration of radiation belt electrons
1 January, 2006
Polar lows
1 January, 2005
Antarctic and tropical interactions
1 January, 2005
Substorm dependence of plasmaspheric hiss
1 January, 2004
The near-surface wind field over the Antarctic continent
1 January, 2004
Seaflux
1 January, 2004
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Antarctica
1 January, 2004
Possible descent across the ‘Tropopause’ in Antarctic winter
1 January, 2004
A review of stratospheric H2O and NO2
1 January, 2004
Case study of a Chinese dust plume reaching the French Alps
1 January, 2003
Climatic control of ultraviolet radiation effects on lakes
1 January, 2003
Solar UV irradiation conditions on the surface of Mars
1 January, 2003
Introduction
1 January, 2003
Forecasting of polar lows
1 January, 2003
The Labrador Sea Deep Convection Experiment data collection
1 January, 2003
An ice core indicator of Antarctic sea ice production?
1 January, 2003
Theoretical investigations
1 January, 2003
Serial development of polar lows
1 January, 2003
Conclusion and further research needs
1 January, 2003
Long-term variation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave
1 January, 2003
The ups and downs of mesospheric scatter
1 January, 2002
On the plausibility of a UV transparent biochemistry
1 January, 2002
Ice in the earth system: the view from above
1 January, 2001
The seasonal cycle of sublimation at Halley, Antarctica
1 January, 2001
Measurements of NOx emissions from the Antarctic snowpack
1 January, 2001
Big chill: conference highlights
1 January, 2001
Ultraviolet radiation and exobiology
1 January, 2001
SUSPEN intercomparison of ultraviolet spectroradiometers
1 January, 2001
A photobiological history of Earth
1 January, 2001
Ecosystems, evolution, and ultraviolet radiation
1 January, 2001
Back to basics: The ozone hole
1 January, 2001
Measurements of NOx emissions from the Antarctic snowpack
1 January, 2001
Profile measurements of blowing snow at Halley, Antarctica
1 January, 2000
Temporal properties of magnetospheric line radiation
1 January, 2000
Is magnetospheric line radiation man-made?
1 January, 2000
Ionospheric research 50 years ago, today and tomorrow
1 January, 2000
A potent greenhouse gas identified in the atmosphere: SF5CF3
1 January, 2000
The EUROSHACK Project: a brief outline
1 January, 1999
Data collected during the FROST project
1 January, 1999
Red sprites, upward lightning, and VLF perturbations
1 January, 1999
Antarctic First Regional Observing Study of the Troposphere
1 January, 1999
An overview of the Antarctic FROST Project
1 January, 1999
Coastal Antarctic aerosol and snowfall chemistry
20 May, 1998
Sea-salt aerosol in coastal Antarctic regions
1 January, 1998
Atmospheric near-surface nitrate at coastal Antarctic sites
1 January, 1998
Instrument development and deployment
1 January, 1997
Ozone in the Earth’s atmosphere
1 January, 1997
Longwave atmospheric radiation over Antarctica
1 March, 1996
The Antarctic ozone hole – 1994
1 January, 1996
Springtime reduction in MF mesospheric echo occurrence
1 August, 1995
Using stars for remote sensing of the Earth’s stratosphere
1 January, 1994
Record warming at the South Pole
29 June, 2020
The South Pole has warmed at over three times the global rate since 1989, according to a paper published in Nature Climate Change today (29 June 2020). This warming period was …
Cloud study aids climate predictions
17 January, 2020
British Antarctic Survey’s Twin Otter aircraft takes to the skies over Barbados as part of a major international research campaign to enhance understanding of the behaviour of clouds and their …
Engineers automate science from remote Antarctic station
25 June, 2019
A remote and unoccupied research station in Antarctica has, for the first time, collected important scientific measurements of climate, ozone and space weather thanks to ground-breaking technology developed by British …
Boaty McBoatface sheds light on warming ocean abyss
18 June, 2019
The debut mission involving the autonomous submarine Autosub Long Range – affectionately known as Boaty McBoatface – has for the first time shed light on a key process linking increasing …
Scientists to study methane emissions in North Sea
23 April, 2019
Scientists embark on a three-week flying campaign today (23 April) to study methane emissions from gas fields in the southern North Sea. Using specialised scientific equipment, on board one of …
Using AI to help tackle global environmental challenges
26 February, 2019
A new Centre for Doctoral Training, involving researchers from British Antarctic Survey, will develop Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to address critical environmental challenges. Climate change and environmental hazards pose some …
Scientist awarded prestigious award
15 January, 2019
British Antarctic Survey space weather scientist, Dr Mark Clilverd, has been awarded a prestigious award from the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) in their 2019 Awards. The award recognises Mark as …
Funding to assess shipping emissions and climate hazards
13 December, 2018
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists have been awarded funding to enable them to assess the impact of emissions from shipping and to quantify and manage the risk of climate hazards. …
World Ozone Day – 16th September
16 September, 2018
The 2018 ozone hole began forming in late August and won’t reach its largest for over a fortnight. Already it covers most of the Antarctic continent, an area of 14 …
BAS scientist joins research ship ‘drifting’ past North Pole
29 August, 2018
UK scientists will join what could be the largest-scale Arctic research expedition ever planned when the German research ship, RV Polarstern, is deliberately lodged into sea ice to drift past …
FEATURED PAPER: Record temperature at Signy
19 February, 2018
On 30th January 1982, a record high temperature of +19.8°C was measured at Signy Research Station – a record for any station south of 60°S. In this paper, we examined …
Halley VI Research Station ready for 2017 summer season
10 November, 2017
Station opens for 2017 summer season
World Ozone Day: 30th anniversary of Montreal Protocol
11 September, 2017
This week (Saturday 16 September), marks the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. It is one of the most successful …
Horizon Antarctica Ice Station Rescue on BBC Two
6 June, 2017
Horizon documentary ‘Antarctica Ice Station Rescue’ broadcasts on Wednesday 7 June @ 21:00 on BBC Two In 2016 British Antarctic Survey (BAS) invited BBC film-maker Natalie Hewit to its Halley …
New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves
25 April, 2017
New research describes for the first time the role that warm, dry winds play in influencing the behaviour of Antarctic ice shelves. Presenting this week at a European conference scientists …
FEATURED PAPER: Antarctic cloud physics
7 April, 2017
Observations were made of clouds over the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer of 2010 and 2011 using one the BAS Twin Otter aircraft fitted with a range of atmospheric instruments. …
Local weather plays part in retreat of glacier
17 February, 2017
Local weather plays an important part in the retreat of the ice shelves in West Antarctica, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications today (Friday 17 February). …
Halley Research Station Antarctica to close for winter
16 January, 2017
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has decided not to winter at Halley VI Research Station for safety reasons. The station, which is located on the floating Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, …
ANTARCTIC BLOG: Working on the Polar Plateau
15 January, 2017
A new blog post from a team comprising polar atmosphere and ice chemist Holly Winton, analytical chemist Rebecca Tuckwell and atmospheric and glaciochemist Markus Frey who are working on the …
BLOG: Arriving at the Polar plateau
13 January, 2017
A new blog post from atmospheric and glaciochemist Markus Frey who’s just arrived on the Polar plateau as part of the ISOL-ice research project. Read the team’s earlier post here. …
Relocation of Halley Research Station
6 December, 2016
British Antarctic Survey is getting ready to move its Halley VI Research Station 23 km across the ice. This is the first time that the station, which has a re-locatable …
FEATURED PAPER: Atmospheric variability & surface temperatures
22 September, 2016
This paper investigates the impact that the four principal patterns of Southern Hemisphere (SH) atmospheric circulation variability have on Antarctic surface air temperature (SAT): 1) the southern baroclinic annular mode …
Polar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacks
26 July, 2016
An international team of scientists have used air bubbles in polar ice from pre-industrial times to measure the sensitivity of the Earth’s land biosphere to changes in temperature.
A recent pause in Antarctic Peninsula warming
20 July, 2016
The rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula, which occurred from the early-1950s to the late 1990s, has paused. Stabilisation of the ozone hole along with natural climate variability were significant in bringing about the change. Together these influences have now caused the northern part of the peninsula to enter a temporary cooling phase. Temperatures remain higher than measured during the middle of the 20th Century and glacial retreat is still taking place. However, scientists predict that if greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise at the current rate, temperatures will increase across the Antarctic Peninsula by several degrees Centigrade by the end of this century.
Ocean warming primary cause of glacier retreat
14 July, 2016
A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to sea-level rise and this new finding will enable researchers to make better predictions of ice loss from this region.
First signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone hole
1 July, 2016
An international team of researchers has identified the “first fingerprints of healing” of the Antarctic ozone layer, published this week (30 June 2016) in the journal Science.
Carbon dioxide level breached at Halley VI
16 June, 2016
Levels of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere – which is the leading driver of recent climate change – have reached a milestone at British Antarctic Survey’s …
Documentary follows BBC’s Peter Gibbs back to the ice
29 April, 2016
BBC Horizon documentary ‘Ice Station Antarctica’ to be broadcast on Wednesday 4 May at 8pm, BBC2.
FEATURED PAPER: Polar Vortex teleconnection
26 January, 2016
This paper provides new evidence and proposes a new dynamical mechanism for the teleconnection between the two largest jet streams in the northern winter stratosphere – the tropical wind system …
FEATURED PAPER: Improving air quality models
13 October, 2015
Recent research in polar and non-polar regions showed that sun-lit snow packs are important chemical reactors and reservoirs, which strongly influence air quality of the lower atmosphere and likely also …
NEWS STORY: Ocean life triggers ice formation in clouds
9 September, 2015
Researchers from the Arctic Research Programme, managed at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), have shown for the first time that phytoplankton (plant life) in remote ocean regions can contribute to rare …
NEWS STORY: Free event on Halley VI
27 May, 2015
FREE Public Event – Work in a cold climate: designing for the most extreme place on Earth London Festival of Architecture 2015 Thursday 18 June 2015, 18:30 – 20:00 The …
NEWS STORY: Ozone hole 30th anniversary
11 May, 2015
30th Anniversary of the Discovery of Ozone Hole This week British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorates the 30th anniversary of one of its most important scientific discoveries that affected the world …
NEWS STORY: Live link to the Arctic
1 May, 2015
Digital Explorer launches virtual adventure on the ice at the UK Arctic Research Station The British Antarctic Survey is proud to support Digital Explorer’s second visit to the UK Arctic …
NEWS STORY: Data recovered in Antarctica
11 February, 2015
BAS recovers American scientific data in Antarctica Staff from the British Antarctic Survey have recovered crucial scientific data from a giant helium balloon which came down in west Antarctica. The …
NEWS STORY: Lessons from electrons
14 October, 2014
Study of electrons in space could help weather forecasting Researchers have discovered a formerly undetected impact of space weather on the polar atmosphere, which may explain some previously unexplained variations …
NEWS STORY: World Ozone Day
16 September, 2014
Today, 16 September, is the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. The date commemorates the signing of the Montreal Protocol, which sought to reduce atmospheric levels of …
NEWS STORY: Signs of ozone recovery
11 September, 2014
First signs of ozone layer recovery The ozone layer is showing the first signs of future recovery thanks to international action against ozone depleting substances, say the United Nations Environment …
NEWS STORY: Changes in upper atmosphere
23 May, 2014
Earth’s magnetic field is important for climate change at high altitudes New research, published this week, has provided scientists with greater insight into the climatic changes happening in the upper …
NEWS STORY: Scientists contribute to oral history
3 December, 2013
Voices of Science: a new British Library oral history archive A major oral history project to gather the life stories of British scientists has culminated in the launch of a …
NEWS STORY: Halley VI awarded new status
7 May, 2013
Halley VI receives environmental science status upgrade The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced British Antarctic Survey’s Halley VI research station has attained Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Global station status. …
PRESS RELEASE: New research station operational
5 February, 2013
New state-of-the-art Antarctic research station becomes fully operational this month Britain’s latest Antarctic Research Station becomes fully operational this month, signalling a new dawn for 21st Century polar research. Opening …
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (Ozone Day) – 16 September
16 September, 2011
New 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 …
PRESS RELEASE: Ozone hole anniversary
5 May, 2010
25th Anniversary of the Discovery of Ozone Hole This week British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorates the 25th anniversary of one of its most dramatic scientific discoveries — the ozone hole. …
PRESS RELEASE: Ozone hole link to sea ice extent
21 April, 2009
Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole Increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by …
PRESS RELEASE: Increase in CO2 emissions
26 September, 2008
CO2 emissions are booming Scientists will this week (Friday 26 Sept) announce the annual update on the global carbon figures. They report that CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels and …
20th Anniversary of ozone hole discovery: International Ozone Day
14 September, 2005
Friday (16 September) is International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This year scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) commemorate their discovery of the Antarctic ‘ozone hole’ 20 …
