Biologists warn of the problems of determining age from biological indicators...
The thousands of unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC) entering Europe to seek escape from war and poverty are in the headlines as the British Government considers the acceptance of 3000 refugee...
View ArticleLawmakers say UK's draft online spying law needs changes
The British government is under pressure to amend a contentious Internet surveillance bill after a parliamentary committee said plans to make service providers retain all users' data have not been...
View ArticleUK surveillance law overhaul sparks privacy row
Britain's security services and police would have their right to trawl in bulk for online data boosted under a proposed new law to recast surveillance powers published Tuesday.
View ArticleUK's contentious online spying law passes test in Parliament (Update)
A proposed British law that gives police and spies unprecedented powers to look at the Internet browsing records of everyone in the country passed its first major vote in Parliament on Tuesday.
View ArticleSlow path to recovery for southern right whales
The first population assessment since the end of the whaling era reveals that New Zealand southern right whales have some way to go before numbers return to pre-industrial levels. Reporting this week...
View ArticleOxygen depletion in the upper waters of the Southern Ocean during glacial...
Research published this week by an international team of scientists, including the British Antarctic Survey, provides new insights into how carbon dioxide changed in the oceans surrounding Antarctica...
View Article172 year old Saiwan boundary marker stone found
Teachers and students of Department of Real Estate and Construction of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) discovered a long forgotten boundary marker stone from the very earliest days of the British...
View ArticleNew research highlights differences between the tropics and the poles
Rivalry between species is common the world over as animals fight for territory and resources such as food. But, according to scientists at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), competition between...
View ArticleAntarctic fossils reveal creatures weren't safer in the south
A study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic shows that the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions.
View ArticleSouth Pole medical evacuation flight launched
Officials with the National Science Foundation (NSF) have launched a medical evacuation flight to NSF's scientific station at the geographic South Pole.
View ArticlePlane on way to South Pole for daring winter medical rescue
Flying through dangerous cold and pitch-dark, a small plane is making a 1,500-mile trip to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station on the South Pole.
View ArticlePlane lands at South Pole in daring winter medical rescue
After flying through dangerous dark and cold, a rescue plane landed Tuesday at the South Pole to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science station, federal officials said.
View ArticleOcean warming primary cause of Antarctic Peninsula glacier retreat
A new study has found for the first time that ocean warming is the primary cause of retreat of glaciers on the western Antarctic Peninsula. The Peninsula is one of the largest current contributors to...
View ArticleStabilization of ozone hole and changing wind patterns has driven regional...
The rapid warming of the Antarctic Peninsula, which occurred from the early-1950s to the late 1990s, has paused. Stabilisation of the ozone hole along with natural climate variability were significant...
View ArticleAlbatrosses forage in different areas when on migration
A new study of the movements of sub-Antarctic albatrosses tracked from two remote islands some 5,000 km apart, shows that although the birds from each breeding site take similar routes around the...
View ArticlePolar ice reveals secrets of carbon-climate feedbacks
An international team of scientists has used air bubbles in polar ice from pre-industrial times to measure the sensitivity of the Earth's land biosphere to changes in temperature.
View ArticleAmazon delivery drones are just the first step to a highway in the sky
Amazon recently announced plans to test a drone delivery system in parts of the UK that are hard to access with conventional delivery methods. While much attention has focused on the service it would...
View ArticleUK approves 'world's biggest offshore wind farm' project
The British government gave the green light Tuesday for what it called the world's biggest offshore wind farm to be built off the English coast.
View ArticleJuly was Earth's hottest month in modern times: NOAA
Soaring temperatures worldwide made July the Earth's hottest month in modern times, setting a new high mark for global heat in 137 years of record-keeping, US government scientists said Wednesday.
View ArticleScientists develop interactive game demonstrating impact of climate change on...
Scientists and games developers have joined forces to help communicate the impact of climate change on the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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