New Antarctic heat map reveals sub-ice hotspots
An international team of scientists, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), has produced a new map showing how much heat from the Earth’s interior is reaching the base of the […]
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BAS scientists at 2017 COP23 climate event in Bonn
Read more of: BAS scientists at 2017 COP23 climate event in BonnThis week (10-11 November) leading scientists and experts from EU-funded research programmes engage with political leaders from the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic to examine the economic and social consequences […]
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New study calls for unified research to understand changing ecosystems
Read more of: New study calls for unified research to understand changing ecosystemsA new multidisciplinary study led by scientists at British Antarctic Study (BAS) stresses the need for an integrated approach to understand the effects of climate change on Antarctic marine ecosystems. […]
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Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island Glacier
Read more of: Large iceberg breaks off Pine Island GlacierLatest satellite images reveal a new 100-square-mile iceberg emerging from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier. The calving event did not come as a complete surprise, but is a troubling sign with […]
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Arctic sea ice at minimum extent for 2017
Read more of: Arctic sea ice at minimum extent for 2017Arctic sea ice extent has likely reached its minimum extent for the year, at 4.64 million square kilometers (1.79 million square miles) on September 13, 2017, according to a team […]
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The Southern Ocean’s carbon story
Read more of: The Southern Ocean’s carbon storySONATA will design and implement an optimal approach to assess the state, variability and climatic drivers of the contemporary Southern Ocean carbon sink. This overriding objective will be achieved through a combination of atmospheric and marine field measurements as well as numerical modelling.
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National Capability for Global Challenges
Read more of: National Capability for Global ChallengesPolar Expertise – Supporting Development
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More losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine life
Read more of: More losers than winners for Southern Ocean marine lifeA new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be more ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ over the next century as the Antarctic seafloor warms. […]
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Climate Scientist awarded Prestigious Mathematical prize
Read more of: Climate Scientist awarded Prestigious Mathematical prizeLast week (12th July) Dr Emily Shuckburgh travelled to Pittsburgh, USA, and received the prestigious 2017 I. E. Block Community Lecture prize from SIAM – the Society for Industrial and […]
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Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free
Read more of: Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks freeAfter months of ‘hanging by a thread’ a vast iceberg the size of Norfolk has finally broken off Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf. Around 30 metres of this 190m thick […]
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Study shows ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 years
Read more of: Study shows ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 yearsReporting this week (Wednesday 5 July) in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the […]
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UK scientists to explore Changing Arctic Ocean
Read more of: UK scientists to explore Changing Arctic OceanA new £10 million research programme to investigate how the Arctic Ocean is changing kicked off last week (Friday 30 June) with its first research expedition to the Barents Sea. […]
