Remote sensing

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1. Satellite observations show accelerating greening of Antarctic Peninsula

   New research released today in Nature Geoscience reveals that vegetation cover on the Antarctic Peninsula has increased more than tenfold in the past four decades.

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2. First Antarctic-wide survey of plant life to aid conservation efforts

   The first continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica reveals growth in previously uncharted areas, and is set to inform conservation measures across the region.

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3. South Georgia seabirds from space

   This project tests whether satellite imagery can be used to monitor breeding seabirds across the island group.

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4. Antarctica’s glacial border moves for miles with the tide

   New measurements of how the boundary between onshore glacier and floating ice shelf glides back-and- forth could help predict melting

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5. Ground beneath Thwaites Glacier mapped for first time

   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 […]

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6. Digital Twins of the Polar Regions

   This project is developing digital twins of Antarctic and Arctic environments and resources. A digital twin makes it possible to test “what if” questions far more quickly than traditional computer models.

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7. Antarctica as testing site ahead of mission to icy moons

   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. […]

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8. 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 […]

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9. 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 […]

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10. AI4EOAccelerator

    AI4EO Accelerator applies artificial intelligence to the large amounts of Earth Observation satellite data now available,

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11. Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island

    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. 

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12. “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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