DI4EDS
Environmental data science relies on digital infrastructure (hardware, software and methods) to provide services that help researchers answer questions about the environment around us, and innovators to work out ways …
Earth observation
Satellite technologies help scientists tackle some of the biggest environmental questions facing society. Innovative use of atmospheric, climate, ice and oceanographic data provides decision-makers in government and business with vital evidence to help them meet major environmental challenges. State-of-the art systems, capable of mapping the geology, monitoring sea-ice conditions, changes in surface temperature and concentrations of greenhouse gases reveal the changes in the Antarctic and Arctic.
Scalable automated detection and tracking of icebergs in the Southern Ocean
We are developing fully automatable methods for the detection of icebergs using satellite radar data and bayesian tracking methods to monitor icebergs at the individual level and continental extent.
Arctic Summer-time Cyclones
The Arctic Summer-time Cyclone Project is a joint project of scientists from the University of Reading, University of East Anglia and the British Antarctic Survey with expertise in atmospheric dynamics, …
HEXPLORES
The HEXPLORES project aims to explore for active hydrothermal vents in the Red Sea Rift. Although the Red Sea Rift hosts the world’s largest submarine metalliferous sulphide deposit, no active …
Digital Twin of the Polar Regions
Digital Twinning is next generation technology for data fusion and computer modelling enabling us to rapidly get answers to “what-if” questions. DTs are already in operation in industry and involve …
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 …
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 …
AI4EOAccelerator
The AI4EO Accelerator is a collaboration between Φ-Lab of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in the Application of Artificial Intelligence to the …
Polar Ice
The aim of this project is to develop a next generation sea ice information service by integrating and building on a wide range of European and national funded activities which …
Larsen-C Benthos
On 12 July 2017, the Larsen-C Ice Shelf calved one of the largest iceberg originating from the Antarctic Peninsula ever recorded. As iceberg A68 moves north, it leaves behind an …
Impact of Melt on Ice Shelf Dynamics and Stability (MIDAS)
Project MIDAS (Impact of Melt on Ice Shelf Dynamics And Stability) is a UK-based Antarctic research project, investigating the effects of a warming climate on the Larsen C ice shelf …
GOCE+Antarctica
GOCE+Antarctica- Dynamic Antarctic Lithosphere -is an international project supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) that is using GOCE satellite gravity gradient data, GPS data and innovative 3D modelling to …
PolarGAP
The polar regions have the capacity to amaze and astound, but despite the considerable progress of recent decades we still know far less about them than less remote parts of …
EC Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service
The Copernicus marine environment monitoring service provides regular and systematic reference information on the state of the physical oceans and regional seas. The observations and forecasts produced by the service …
ESA IAP ArcticSat project
Situational awareness in the Arctic
AGAP
Exploring Antarctica’s ‘ghost mountains’
Aero geophysical investigation of Institute and Moller Ice Streams
West Antarctic ‘rivers’ of ice
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 …
Using deep learning to count albatrosses from space
1 November, 2019
OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS
2 October, 2019
The Shackleton Crossing
1 January, 2017
South Georgia
1 January, 2017
An avionics platform for multi-instrument survey navigation
1 September, 2016
A protocol for the aerial survey of penguin colonies using UAVs
1 September, 2015
Bedgap – where next for Antarctic subglacial mapping?
1 December, 2014
The BAS ice shelf hot water drill: design, methods and tools
1 November, 2014
Sustaining observations in the polar oceans
28 September, 2014
Whales from space: counting southern right whales by satellite
12 February, 2014
New continental margin magnetic anomalies of East Antarctica
11 February, 2013
Preface
11 February, 2013
Origin of place-names
1 January, 2012
Seals map bathymetry of the Antarctic continental shelf
1 January, 2010
A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010
1 January, 2010
Using ecosystem monitoring data to detect impacts
1 January, 2010
Airborne gravity reveals interior of Antarctic volcano
1 January, 2009
The power of ecosystem monitoring
1 January, 2008
Sat nav
1 January, 2008
The Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica
1 January, 2008
Polar meltdown
1 January, 2007
Penguin-mounted cameras glimpse underwater group behaviour
1 January, 2004
Rosemary: visually stunning
1 January, 2004
Accuracy of geolocation estimates for flying seabirds
1 January, 2004
RADAR: the Cassini Titan radar mapper
1 January, 2004
A placename geography for Antarctica
1 January, 2003
Effects of satellite transmitters on albatrosses and petrels
1 January, 2003
Automatic DEM generation for Antarctic terrain
1 January, 2001
Impacts of geophysical seismic surveying on fishing success
1 January, 2000
Birds on Beauchene Island. February to April 2000
1 January, 2000
Lévy flights in random searches
1 January, 2000
The EUROSHACK Project: a brief outline
1 January, 1999
Aeromagnetic anomaly map of the central Antarctic Peninsula
1 January, 1997
Maps of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands
1 January, 1997
Geological map of the Shackleton Range
1 January, 1997
South Georgia: an ecological atlas
1 January, 1996
The dynamic continent
1 December, 1995
James Ross Island
1 January, 1995
Rother Point-Wright Peninsula, Adelaide Island
1 January, 1995
Geological map of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica
1 January, 1995
Surveying in the Antarctic using hand-held GPS receivers
1 January, 1995
An Antarctic GIS: the first step
1 January, 1993
Radar absorption due to impurities in Antarctic ice
1 January, 1993
Customised digital maps of Antarctica
1 January, 1993
A digital map of Antarctica
1 January, 1992
The use of visible satellite imagery over ice sheets
1 January, 1992
Topographic satellite-image map. Alexander Island
1 January, 1984
Topographic satellite-image map. George VI Sound
1 January, 1984
Topographic satellite-image map. George VI Sound
1 January, 1984
Mapping the depth of a valley glacier by radio echo sounding
1 January, 1982
Moving a volcano to and from Antarctica
1 January, 1980
British Antarctic Survey geological map series
1 January, 1980
A new map of Alexander Island, Antarctica
1 January, 1974
Composite satellite pictures of the polar regions
1 January, 1971
Surface elevations on the Larsen Ice Shelf
1 January, 1969
Airborne radio echo sounding by the British Antarctic Survey
1 January, 1969
Bird ringing in British Antarctic Territory 1957-1962
1 January, 1963
A hydrographic survey unit in British Antarctica
1 January, 1960
Seal-marking methods
1 January, 1952
Ground beneath Thwaites Glacier mapped for first time
31 May, 2023
The ground beneath Antarctica’s most vulnerable glacier has been mapped for the first time, helping scientists to better understand how it is being affected by climate change. Analysis of the …
Extreme snowfall in West Antarctica driving sea-level rise
21 March, 2023
A new study highlights how extreme snowfall events significantly alter the amount of ice lost by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A team of scientists from British Antarctic Survey, along …
Antarctica as testing site ahead of mission to icy moons
9 February, 2022
Scientists have deployed a network of seismometers onto Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf in an experiment that will test the instrument’s ability to operate on icy moons in the Solar System. …
‘Mega iceberg’ releases billions of tonnes of fresh water into ocean
20 January, 2022
Scientists monitoring the giant A68a iceberg from space reveal that a huge amount of fresh water was released as it melted around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. An …
Antarctica’s magnetic link to ancient neighbours
10 March, 2021
For the first time, an international team of scientists has used satellite magnetic data from ESA’s Swarm mission, together with aeromagnetic data, to help reveal the mysteries of the geology …
Do your PhD with British Antarctic Survey in 2021
25 November, 2020
Applications for PhD projects with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are now open for October 2021 admission. There are currently over 100 PhD students associated with BAS, working on a huge variety …
Updated Mapping Datasets for Antarctica
12 May, 2020
A newly updated Antarctic Digital Database is released today (12 May 2020). Aimed at the science and logistics communities, the maps include updates to the ice shelf front around Thwaites …
Stranded whales detected from space
17 October, 2019
A new technique for analysing satellite images may help scientists detect and count stranded whales from space. Researchers tested a new detection method using Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite images …
Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island
3 July, 2019
A team of scientists has discovered a rare lava lake on a remote and inaccessible sub-Antarctic island. This volcano in the South Sandwich Islands is only the 8th to be identified worldwide to have a persistent lava lake.
New map of Greenland reveals fast-changing environment
13 June, 2019
Cartographers at British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has produced the most detailed and up-to-date published map of Greenland available.
“Catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies
25 April, 2019
Researchers at British Antarctic Survey have discovered “catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies.
New map of South Georgia wins award
7 September, 2018
British Antarctic Survey’s detailed map of the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia featuring the epic “Shackleton Crossing” has won an award at the 2018 British Cartography Society Awards. The map, …
Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South Pole
24 May, 2018
Revealing Antarctica’s hidden world
New satellite imagery reveals new highest Antarctic Peninsula Mountain
11 December, 2017
Cartographers surveying Antarctica have discovered Mt Hope is the tallest mountain in the British Antarctic Territory (BAT) at 3,239 m (10,654 ft) above sea level. Until now, maps showed Mt …
Giant West Antarctic iceberg disintegrates
29 November, 2017
An animation of the giant iceberg that calved off the Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica just over two months ago shows an unexpected break up. Satellite images revealed a …
Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free
12 July, 2017
After 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 …
NEWS STORY: New gravity dataset
23 January, 2016
Scientists now have a new tool to investigate the deep structure of the least understood continent on Earth
NEWS STORY: New Centre for Doctoral Training
6 October, 2015
NERC funds PhD training in robotics and autonomous systems
NEWS STORY: Arctic sea ice 2015
17 September, 2015
Arctic sea ice 2015 On September 11, the National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) reported that Arctic sea ice reached its likely minimum extent for 2015. The minimum ice …
NEWS STORY: New maps show unseen world
25 September, 2014
New maps of the polar regions reveal unseen world beneath the ice and highlight dramatic decline in Arctic sea ice cover New maps of the sub-ice features in Antarctica and …