Oceanography

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1. Boaty McBoatface returns home with unprecedented data

   Researchers have captured unprecedented data about some of the coldest abyssal ocean waters on earth – known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) – during the first voyage of the yellow […]

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2. Plastic pollution in the Antarctic worse than expected

   The levels of microplastic particles accumulating in the Antarctic are much worse than expected, a team of experts has warned. The continent is considered to be a pristine wilderness compared […]

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3. British Antarctic Survey at Bluedot Festival 2017

   British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is delighted to be participating in this year’s Bluedot music festival in Macclesfield 7-9 July. The event, which last year attracted over 20,000 visitors, is billed […]

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4. SO-AntEco Biodiversity

   In this collaboration with the Natural History Museum (NHM) and the University of Liverpool, we have developed novel methods for using existing data to contribute to marine conservation and fisheries […]

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5. The first dive of Boaty McBoatface

   The unmanned submersible Boaty McBoatface was deployed in the Antarctic for the first time.

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6. Local weather plays part in retreat of glacier

   Local weather plays an important part in the retreat of the ice shelves in West Antarctica, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications today (Friday 17 February). […]

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7. Scientists explain how meltwater reaches ocean depths

   An international team of researchers has discovered why fresh water, melted from Antarctic ice sheets, is often detected below the surface of the ocean, rather than rising to the top […]

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8. New study shows when Pine Island Glacier retreat began

   New study reveals when West Antarctica’s largest glacier started retreating Reporting this week (Wednesday 23 November) in the journal Nature an international team led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains […]

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9. New polar ship reaches first construction milestone

   Keel-laying ceremony at Cammell Laird

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10. Ship assists satellite missions

    On 20 September 2016 the British Antarctic Survey ship, the RRS James Clark Ross, set sail on its long voyage from Immingham in the UK to Stanley in the Falkland […]

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11. Nature’s ocean fertiliser

    Scientists have discovered that Antarctic krill – a tiny shrimp-like crustacean – plays a key role in fertilising the Southern Ocean with iron, which stimulates the growth of phytoplankton, the […]

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12. Ocean warming primary cause of glacier retreat

    A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to sea-level rise and this new finding will enable researchers to make better predictions of ice loss from this region.

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