Earth observation

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1. “Catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies

   Researchers at British Antarctic Survey have discovered “catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies.

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2. 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 incorporate many of the required components.

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3. New map of South Georgia wins award

   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, […]

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4. Subglacial valleys and mountain ranges discovered near South Pole

   Revealing Antarctica’s hidden world

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5. Larsen-C Benthos

   The Larsen-C Benthos project studied benthic biodiversity on the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf.

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6. New satellite imagery reveals new highest Antarctic Peninsula Mountain

   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 […]

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7. Giant West Antarctic iceberg disintegrates

   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 […]

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8. Huge Antarctic iceberg finally breaks free

   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 […]

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9. How melt ponds weaken the ice shelf

   MIDAS investigates how climate warming affects the Larsen C ice shelf in Antarctica. The project studies the formation of large summer melt ponds and their influence on ice shelf structure and stability. Fieldwork, satellite observation, and computer simulations are used to understand these processes.

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10. How the Earth’s crust influences ice sheets

    GOCE+Antarctica- Dynamic Antarctic Lithosphere uses GOCE satellite gravity gradient data, GPS data and innovative 3D modelling to study the Antarctic lithosphere and its influence on the overlying ice sheets, including the process of glacio-isostatic adjustment (GIA).

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11. NEWS STORY: New gravity dataset

    Scientists now have a new tool to investigate the deep structure of the least understood continent on Earth

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12. PolarGAP

    PolarGAP is an ambitious international mission to capture new and critical data about the Earth’s global gravity field.

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