UK scientists to explore Changing Arctic Ocean
A 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. […]
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Climate change may cause expansion to ice-free areas across Antarctica
Read more of: Climate change may cause expansion to ice-free areas across AntarcticaIce-free areas in Antarctica could expand by close to 25 per cent by 2100 and drastically change the biodiversity of the continent, research published this week in Nature has shown. […]
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Storms caused massive Antarctic sea ice loss in 2016
Read more of: Storms caused massive Antarctic sea ice loss in 2016A series of unprecedented storms over the Southern Ocean likely caused the most dramatic decline in Antarctic sea ice seen to date, a new study finds. Antarctic sea ice – […]
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New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelves
Read more of: New insight into what weakens Antarctic ice shelvesNew 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 […]
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Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions
Read more of: Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptionsOne of Antarctica’s biggest gentoo penguin colonies was repeatedly decimated by eruptions of the Deception Island volcano in recent millennia.
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Sub-Antarctic Ice Coring Expedition (SubICE)
Read more of: Sub-Antarctic Ice Coring Expedition (SubICE)SUBICE, the Sub-Antarctic – ice coring expedition, part of the international Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE), successfully drilled several shallow ice cores, from five of the remote and globally significant sub-Antarctic islands.
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Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South Georgia
Read more of: Ice cap once covered sub-antarctic island of South GeorgiaA new study reveals the sub-antarctic island of South Georgia – famous for its wildlife – was covered by a massive ice cap during the last ice age. The results […]
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Raising Horizons: Portraits of women in science
Read more of: Raising Horizons: Portraits of women in scienceBAS Director features in photographic portraits of women in science
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Signy Island is hottest place in the Antarctic
Read more of: Signy Island is hottest place in the AntarcticA World Meteorological Organization (WMO) committee of experts announces this week (Wed 1 March) new records for the highest temperatures recorded in the Antarctic Region. The results are part of […]
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New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf
Read more of: New footage shows crack in Larsen C Ice ShelfBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently captured this video footage of a huge crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Currently a huge iceberg, roughly the size […]
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Antarctic sea ice extent lowest on record
Read more of: Antarctic sea ice extent lowest on recordThis year the extent of summer sea ice in the Antarctic is the lowest on record. The Antarctic sea ice minimum marks the day – typically towards end of February […]
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Methane Observations and Yearly Assessments
Read more of: Methane Observations and Yearly AssessmentsMOYA is a major NERC-funded project to study the global budget of atmospheric methane, the balance between sources and loss processes, and to understand what is changing to cause the increase in methane currently observed.
