NEWS STORY: New Year’s Honours
Dr Emily Shuckburgh, British Antarctic Survey’s Deputy Head of Polar Oceans, was among those named in the New Year’s Honours List. She has been awarded an OBE for services to […]
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Oceanographic models for the Scotia Sea
Read more of: Oceanographic models for the Scotia SeaDevelopment of regional models to examine the detailed oceanography of island shelves and surrounding regions.
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Antarctic Bottom Water in the Orkney Passage
Read more of: Antarctic Bottom Water in the Orkney PassageDynOPO investigated the flow of Antarctic Bottom Water through the Orkney Passage, a submarine valley connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Weddell Sea. The project tested whether winds over the Weddell Sea regulate the volume and temperature of this deep, cold water mass by altering turbulent mixing.
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NEWS STORY: New polar ship bidder selected
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New polar ship bidder selectedGovernment announces preferred bidder to build new polar ship Minister of State for Universities and Science, Jo Johnson announced today that the preferred bidder to build a new polar research […]
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NEWS STORY: New Centre for Doctoral Training
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New Centre for Doctoral TrainingNERC funds PhD training in robotics and autonomous systems
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FEATURED PAPER: Ocean upwelling and increasing winds
Read more of: FEATURED PAPER: Ocean upwelling and increasing windsAs the southern westerly winds drive the Antarctic circumpolar current around Antarctica, deep waters are forced up to the surface south of the polar front. Changes in the intensity with […]
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A23 repeat section
Read more of: A23 repeat sectionUnderstanding Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) and its affect on global ocean circulation.
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The role of the Southern Ocean in regulating atmospheric CO2 on glacial-interglacial timescales
Read more of: The role of the Southern Ocean in regulating atmospheric CO2 on glacial-interglacial timescalesThis project attempts to reconstruct changes in the intermediate-deep ocean density gradient in the South Atlantic across the last deglaciation in order to assess the link between deep ocean stratification and atmospheric CO2.
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Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Sea-Surface
Read more of: Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Sea-SurfaceA project studying the impact of ocean acidification on pteropods, small shelled marine animals considered a sentinel species for ocean acidification.
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BEAMISH: Basal Conditions on Rutford Ice Stream
Read more of: BEAMISH: Basal Conditions on Rutford Ice StreamBEAMISH drilled through over 2 km of ice on Rutford Ice Stream to discover when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet last collapsed and how water and soft sediments beneath it help the ice flow towards the sea.
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Carbon capture by Antarctic seabeds
Read more of: Carbon capture by Antarctic seabedsThe ASCCC Project investigates, quantifies and understands the role of polar and subpolar seabeds in the carbon cycle, particularly in response to climate change.
