Artificial Intelligence for Stable Isotope Tracers
Artificial Intelligence for Stable Isotope Tracers (AISIT) creates a standardised, machine-readable database of Arctic freshwater tracers.
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South Georgia seabirds from space
Read more of: South Georgia seabirds from spaceThis project tests whether satellite imagery can be used to monitor breeding seabirds across the island group.
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The Big Thaw
Read more of: The Big ThawThe Big Thaw studies snow and glacier changes in the Alps and Himalayas to improve forecasts of mountain water resources for global communities.
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Do your PhD with British Antarctic Survey in 2021
Read more of: Do your PhD with British Antarctic Survey in 2021Applications for PhD projects with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are now open for October 2021 admission. There are currently over 100 PhD students associated with BAS, working on a huge variety […]
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Fungi respire millennium-old carbon from Antarctic soil
Read more of: Fungi respire millennium-old carbon from Antarctic soilFungi in Antarctic soils release carbon that is more than a thousand years old, a team led by scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has found. This discovery sheds light on how carbon is released into the atmosphere as polar regions warm.
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Using an Antarctic fungus as a wintertime biopesticide
Read more of: Using an Antarctic fungus as a wintertime biopesticideThis project investigated whether Mortierella, a cold-tolerant Antarctic soil fungus, could replace banned chemical pesticides in controlling weevil larvae that damage UK soft fruit and forestry crops.
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Study of roundworm that returns to life after freezing
Read more of: Study of roundworm that returns to life after freezingThe first molecular study of an organism able to survive intracellular freezing (freezing within its cells) is published this week by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), in collaboration with researchers from […]
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Methane Observations and Yearly Assessments
Read more of: Methane Observations and Yearly AssessmentsMOYA is a major NERC-funded project to study the global budget of atmospheric methane, the balance between sources and loss processes, and to understand what is changing to cause the increase in methane currently observed.
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Late Quaternary changes in the Westerly Winds over the Southern Ocean
Read more of: Late Quaternary changes in the Westerly Winds over the Southern OceanIn this NERC-funded project, we are generating Southern Hemisphere Westerlies (SHW) proxy records from each of the three major sectors of the Southern Ocean, focusing on subantarctic islands situated in the core belt of the SHW.
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PRESS RELEASE: Lake drill mission called off
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: Lake drill mission called offAntarctic lake mission called off In the early hours of Christmas Day (Tuesday 25 December 2012) Professor Martin Siegert, Principal Investigator of the Subglacial Lake Ellsworth experiment, confirmed that the […]
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PRESS RELEASE: British team to explore buried lake
Read more of: PRESS RELEASE: British team to explore buried lakeBritish team set to access and sample one of the last unexplored environments on Earth This week (12 December) a British team of scientists and engineers, including scientists from British […]