NEWS STORY: Funding announced for new ship
New polar research ship for UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt Hon George Osborne MP announced this week (Friday 25 April 2014) that the Government has earmarked more than […]
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NEWS STORY: Crucial conditions for phytoplankton
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Crucial conditions for phytoplanktonWinter conditions crucial for phytoplankton growth in Southern Ocean An international team of researchers, including the British Antarctic Survey, has found new evidence that winter conditions in the Southern Ocean […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Pine Island Glacier and climatic variability
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Pine Island Glacier and climatic variabilityPine Island Glacier sensitive to climatic variability A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to […]
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NEWS STORY: New research on ocean currents
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New research on ocean currentsNew research sheds light on history of polar current Research conducted by a team that included scientists from British Antarctic Survey reveals the ocean current moving around the South Pole […]
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NEWS STORY: Submerged mountains aid ocean mixing
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Submerged mountains aid ocean mixingUndersea mountains provide crucial piece in climate prediction puzzle A mystery in the ocean near Antarctica has been solved by researchers who have long puzzled over how deep and mid-depth […]
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NEWS STORY: New academic role for expert
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New academic role for expertHonorary Professorship for BAS polar ocean expert Michael Meredith Polar ocean expert, Michael Meredith, has been made an honorary Professor by the University of the Highlands and Islands. The professorship […]
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NEWS STORY: New post for oceans expert
Read more of: NEWS STORY: New post for oceans expertProfessor Michael Meredith joins the Scottish Association for Marine Science Eminent Antarctic oceanographer, Professor Michael Meredith this week joined the staff at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) on […]
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NEWS STORY: Insights into icebergs
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Insights into icebergsScientists discover new mechanism at work breaking-up icebergs An international team of scientists has discovered a previously unknown mechanism by which large tabular icebergs break up out at sea as […]
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NEWS STORY: Ocean sampling at Rothera
Read more of: NEWS STORY: Ocean sampling at RotheraOcean sampling: Rothera, Antarctic Peninsula: last but not least! Are the World’s oceans all the same, or are they different? OK at the most basic level, we all know that […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Ocean role as carbon sink
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Ocean role as carbon sinkNew discovery of how carbon is stored in the Southern Ocean A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered an important method of how carbon is drawn down from […]
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NEWS STORY: BAS on the BBC
Read more of: NEWS STORY: BAS on the BBCScientists take part in BBC expedition “Operation Iceberg” This summer two British Antarctic Survey (BAS) scientists head to the Arctic to take part in the BBC expedition ‘Operation Iceberg’. Oceanographers […]
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PRESS RELEASE: Growing evidence of carbon impact
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Growing evidence of carbon impactCaptain Scott’s century-old collections suggest marine life is capturing more carbon Tiny Antarctic marine creatures collected 100 years ago by Antarctic explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott give new clues about […]
