The responsibility of Science Strategy Executive Group is to provide oversight and strategic direction for the BAS Science Directorate. In particular, to focus on issues that affect the long-term delivery of a world-class, sustainable science programme.
Specific responsibilities of SSEG are to:
Chair: Dr Anna Jones, Director of Science
1 May, 2020
CAMBRIDGE: British Antarctic Survey (BAS) continues to plan its operational support to the UK and international polar research community during global challenges posed by COVID-19. Halley and Signy Research Stations …
12 September, 2018
The British Antarctic Survey has been awarded National Capability funds for polar science which will strengthen UK national security, resilience, economic growth and societal benefit
30 April, 2018
A new UK-U.S. Antarctic research programme to improve the prediction of future sea-level rise is launched this week (Monday 30 April 2018) at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge. The £20 …
15 September, 2016
ODA funds – expertise to address major challenges facing the developing world
14 February, 2023 by Huw Griffiths
The RRS Sir David Attenborough has begun its polar science trials in Antarctica. A team of 30 national and international scientists, engineers and technical staff are working on the ship …
3 August, 2020 by David Vaughan
BLOG. BAS Director of Science, Professor David Vaughan describes his ambition for more diversity in science.
4 October, 2024 by Andrew Fleming, Dominic Hodgson, Peter Fretwell
The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced considerable anthropogenic warming in recent decades. While cryospheric responses are well defined, the responses of moss-dominated terrestrial ecosystems have not been quantified. Analysis of Landsat…Read more on Sustained greening of the Antarctic Peninsula observed from satellites
1 October, 2024 by Adriana Giles, Lloyd Peck, Melody Clark, Nadia Frontier, Simon Morley
There is a dearth of basic life history and physiological data from Southern Ocean species, particularly from benthic vagile predators. This is an important data gap because species inhabiting the…1 October, 2024 by Dominic Hodgson
Global sea levels during the last interglacial (LIG), 129,000–116,000 years ago, may have reached as much as 5–10 m higher than present. However, the elevation of the LIG highstand varies…Read more on Late Pleistocene sea-level constraints across Antarctica
1 October, 2024 by Richard Horne
The 23–24 April 2023 double-peak (SYM-H intensities of −179 and −233 nT) intense geomagnetic storm was caused by interplanetary magnetic field southward component Bs associated with an interplanetary fast-forward shock-preceded…Read more on The April 2023 SYM‐H = −233 nT Geomagnetic Storm: A Classical Event
30 September, 2024 by Andrew Clarke, Lloyd Peck
The embryonic development of marine ectotherms has been shown to be strongly temperature dependent across the world's oceans. However, at the coldest sites, in the polar regions, development is even…24 September, 2024 by Geraint Tarling, Sophie Fielding
The South Georgia region of the Southern Ocean represents the northernmost range edge for Antarctic krill. Of concern is the extent to which rapid warming of surface water temperatures and…19 September, 2024 by Andrew Meijers, Povl Abrahamsen, Hugh Venables, Alexander Brearley, Michael Meredith, Natasha Lucas
The South Scotia Ridge, in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, is a key region for water mass modification. It is the location of the Weddell-Scotia Confluence, an area…18 September, 2024 by Lloyd Peck, Nicholas Barrett
Climate change is causing increased coastal freshening in Antarctica, leading to reduced salinity. For Antarctica’s endemic echinoderms, adapted to the stable polar environment, the impact of rapid reductions in coastal…Read more on The impact of acute low salinity stress on Antarctic echinoderms
15 September, 2024 by Mervyn Freeman
Substorms are a rapid release of energy that is redistributed throughout the magnetosphere‐ionosphere system, resulting in many observable signals, such as enhancements in the aurora, energetic particle injections, and ground…Read more on On the Association of Substorm Identification Methods
13 September, 2024 by Geraint Tarling, Melody Clark
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) is a keystone species in the Southern Ocean ecosystem, with ecological and commercial significance. However, its vulnerability to climate change requires an urgent investigation of…11 September, 2024 by Michael Meredith
High-latitude pelagic marine ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of the intertwining of sea/continental ice dynamics, physics, biogeochemistry, and food-web structure. Data from the West Antarctic Peninsula allow us…Read more on Antarctic pelagic ecosystems on a warming planet
11 September, 2024 by Jakob Thyrring, Lloyd Peck
The availability of online biodiversity data has increased in recent decades, aiding our understanding of diversity patterns and species richness–environment relationships across temporal and spatial scales. However, even the most…1 September, 2024 by Andrew Clarke, Lloyd Peck, Melody Clark
The affect of temperature on tissue protein synthesis rates has been reported in temperate and tropical, but not Antarctic fishes. Previous studies have generally demonstrated low growth rates in Antarctic…7 August, 2024 by Martin Rogers
Mapping sea ice in the Arctic is essential for maritime navigation, and growing vessel traffic highlights the necessity of the timeliness and accuracy of sea ice charts. In addition, with…6 August, 2024 by Christopher Auckland, Povl Abrahamsen, Michael Meredith
The Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) exported from the Weddell Sea has experienced warming and contraction in the past 30 yrs. Superposed on this decadal trend is substantial annual and interannual…2 August, 2024 by Connor Bamford, Martin Collins, Philip Hollyman, Richard Phillips
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) supports valuable fisheries across the Southern Ocean under the management of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. The fishery at South Georgia…1 August, 2024 by Amanda Burson, Cecilia Liszka, Clara Manno, Povl Abrahamsen, Geraint Tarling, Kate Hendry, Natasha Lucas, Sally Thorpe
Large icebergs (>20 km long) are responsible for most of the freshwater discharged into the Southern Ocean. We report on in situ and satellite observations made during the break-up phase around…28 July, 2024 by Anna Jones, Evelyn Workman, Katrin Linse
Sea-air methane flux was measured directly by the eddy-covariance method across approximately 60,000 km of Arctic and Antarctic cruises during a number of summers. The Arctic Ocean (north of 60°N,…22 July, 2024 by Andrew Kavanagh, Gareth Chisham, Mervyn Freeman
A significant increase in the number of anthropogenic objects in Earth orbit has necessitated the development of satellite conjunction assessment and collision avoidance capabilities for new spacecraft. Neutral mass density…Read more on Influences of Space Weather Forecasting Uncertainty on Satellite Conjunction Assessment
19 July, 2024 by Michael Meredith
Many glaciers on the Antarctic Peninsula have retreated and accelerated in recent decades. Here we show that there has been a widespread, quasi-synchronous, and sustained increase in grounding line discharge…Read more on Widespread increase in discharge from West Antarctic Peninsula glaciers since 2018
