Albatrosses from space: wildlife detectives needed!
British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and RSPB are recruiting albatross detectives to help to search for wandering albatrosses in satellite images taken from space. This is to help us learn more […]
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Mysterious lives of sharks and rays revealed
Read more of: Mysterious lives of sharks and rays revealedScientists have unlocked the mysteries of how shark and ray species move up and down the ocean water column, in efforts to better understand them and protect their future. […]
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Success for krill survey in South Georgia
Read more of: Success for krill survey in South GeorgiaThe second of six winter krill surveys in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is underway. The first winter krill survey was completed successfully on board the South Georgia […]
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Study sheds light on penguin evolution
Read more of: Study sheds light on penguin evolutionScientists have reconstructed more than 60 million years of evolutionary history to reveal how penguins became oceanic birds. An international team of 40 researchers analysed the genomes – the complete […]
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Scientists begin work counting Arctic walrus
Read more of: Scientists begin work counting Arctic walrusResearchers are heading to the Arctic to begin fieldwork to study walrus populations for the next stage in the Walrus from Space project.
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Experts predict future biodiversity threats
Read more of: Experts predict future biodiversity threatsA new study featuring contributions from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists has predicted the top emerging threats to ocean biodiversity over the coming decades.
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Funding addresses environmental challenges
Read more of: Funding addresses environmental challengesBritish Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists will investigate critical challenges facing the UK, thanks to new funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). A £47m investment to several UK research […]
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Fixed wing wildlife surveys at South Georgia
Read more of: Fixed wing wildlife surveys at South GeorgiaThis project introduced fixed-wing drone surveys at South Georgia to monitor wildlife population changes driven by climate change and recovering seal, whale and finfish populations.
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Abundance of life discovered beneath an Antarctic ice shelf
Read more of: Abundance of life discovered beneath an Antarctic ice shelfFar beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic, there is more marine life than expected, finds a recent study in the journal Current Biology, published this week (20 December 2021). […]
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Antarctic seabird faces declining populations
Read more of: Antarctic seabird faces declining populationsData collected from a long-term study by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists shows declining populations of an already relatively rare Antarctic seabird, the South Georgia shag. Published in the journal […]
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Spatial Segregation of Seabirds at South Georgia
Read more of: Spatial Segregation of Seabirds at South GeorgiaTracking and monitoring of seabirds e.g. wandering albatrosses and white-chinned petrels at South Georgia to support conservation.
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Space technology and artificial intelligence to monitor whale mass stranding events
Read more of: Space technology and artificial intelligence to monitor whale mass stranding eventsAn international team of scientists led by British Antarctic Survey have published research today on using new technology to study mass stranding of whales from space and how the technology […]
