Urgent call for more Southern Ocean research
Today, hundreds of international scientists are sounding a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean research in the emerging climate crisis. 300 scientists from 25 nations have been meeting […]
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Conservation and leadership in Southern Ocean ecosystems
Read more of: Conservation and leadership in Southern Ocean ecosystemsCONSEC explores how climate change and human activity are transforming the Southern Ocean, guiding global science and conservation.
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Deep ocean waters in Antarctica are shrinking and warming
Read more of: Deep ocean waters in Antarctica are shrinking and warmingAntarctic Bottom Water is the coldest, densest water mass on the planet and plays a pivotal role in regulating the ocean’s ability to store heat and capture carbon. In a […]
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Orkney Passage Long Term Monitoring
Read more of: Orkney Passage Long Term MonitoringAs part of the BAS Polar Oceans team’s long-term monitoring programme, we have been observing this outflow using moored instruments since 2007, in collaboration with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory , who have been observing this region since 2004.
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Silicon cycling in glaciated environments
Read more of: Silicon cycling in glaciated environmentsSiCLING studies how silicon cycles in Arctic and Antarctic glacial environments and how these cycles affect marine ecosystems and carbon flow.
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Arctic Summer-time Cyclones
Read more of: Arctic Summer-time CyclonesThe overarching goal of the project is to determine the role of sea-ice surface properties in Arctic cyclone dynamics and to characterise the interaction of Arctic cyclones with the summer-time Arctic environment.
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Underwater tsunamis created by glacier calving
Read more of: Underwater tsunamis created by glacier calvingScientists on a research vessel in Antarctica watched the front of a glacier disintegrate and their measurements ‘went off the scale’. As well as witnessing disruptions on the ocean surface, […]
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New map of Southern Ocean floor
Read more of: New map of Southern Ocean floorA new map of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica provides the most accurate representation of this vast area to date. An international team of scientists, including several […]
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Parasites in Antarctic Krill
Read more of: Parasites in Antarctic KrillUnderstanding krill-parasite interactions helps predict krill population dynamics. It also improves models of Antarctic ecosystem function.
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How Antarctic winds shaped CO₂
Read more of: How Antarctic winds shaped CO₂SIWHA investigates how westerly winds and sea ice have influenced CO2 uptake and release in the Southern Ocean.
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New polar ship makes London debut
Read more of: New polar ship makes London debutRRS Sir David Attenborough visits London as pre-COP event ahead of first mission to Antarctica. The UK’s new polar research ship is making its London debut in Greenwich (Thursday 28 October […]
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UK and Australian new polar research ships rendezvous on sea trials
Read more of: UK and Australian new polar research ships rendezvous on sea trialsThe UK and Australia’s two new polar research ships get together off the coast of Falmouth during sea trials.
