Technique could assess historic changes to Antarctic sea ice and glaciers
Historic changes to Antarctic sea ice could be unravelled using a new technique pioneered by scientists at Plymouth University.
View ArticleSubantarctic seabed creatures and past climate
A new marine biodiversity study in one of the largest Marine Protected Areas in the world reveals the impact of environmental change on subantarctic seabed animals and answers big questions about the...
View ArticleNew radar system could lead to better defences against avalanches
A new radar-based imaging system with an unprecedented ability to penetrate snow-powder clouds could lead to greater avalanche protection for towns, buildings, roads and railways.
View ArticleNature's ocean fertiliser
Scientists have discovered that Antarctic krill – a tiny shrimp-like crustacean – plays a key role in fertilising the Southern Ocean with iron, which stimulates the growth of phytoplankton, the...
View ArticleNASA launches eighth year of Antarctic ice change airborne survey
At the southern end of the Earth, a NASA plane carrying a team of scientists and a sophisticated instrument suite to study ice is returning to surveying Antarctica. For the past eight years, Operation...
View ArticleStudy shows mixed fortunes for Signy penguins
A forty year study on a remote Antarctic island shows that while populations of two penguin species are declining, a third is increasing. Analysis of census data from Signy Island in the South Orkney...
View ArticleHow molluscs build their shells in the sub-zero waters of Antarctica
A new study on how molluscs build their shells in the sub-zero waters of Antarctica is published today (Friday 11 November) in the journal Scientific Reports.
View ArticleQuest begins for oldest ice on Earth
A team of European scientists heads to East Antarctica this month to locate the oldest ice on Earth. The team is part of an EU-funded research consortium from ten European countries whose aim is to...
View ArticleNew study reveals when West Antarctica's largest glacier started retreating
Reporting this week (Wednesday Nov. 23) in the journal Nature an international team led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that present-day thinning and retreat of Pine Island Glacier, one of...
View ArticleGreenpeace urges UK microbead ban to protect ocean life
Environmental group Greenpeace is calling for a ban in Britain on plastic "microbeads", found in many cosmetics, which they warn pollute the oceans and poison marine life.
View ArticleSatellites observe 'traffic jams' in Antarctic Ice Stream caused by tides
For the first time, researchers have closely observed how the ocean's tides can speed up or slow down the speed of glacial movement in Antarctica. The new data will help modelers better predict how...
View ArticleGiant iceberg set to calve from Larsen C ice shelf
A huge iceberg, roughly the size of Norfolk, looks set to break away from the Larsen C ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula. Larsen C is more than twice the size of Wales. Satellite observations from...
View ArticleWhat did Big Data find when it analyzed 150 years of British history?
What could be learnt about the world if you could read the news from over 100 local newspapers for a period of 150 years? This is what a team of Artificial Intelligence (AI) researchers from the...
View ArticleResearch shows how rebuilding Britain's Houses of Parliament in the 1800s...
Britain's dazzling Houses of Parliament building, constructed from 1840 until 1870, is an international icon. But the building's greatest legacy may be something politicians and tourists don't think...
View ArticleIce cracks force shutdown of UK Antarctic station (Update)
A British research station on an ice shelf in Antarctica is being relocated and shut down over the winter because of fears it could float off on an iceberg, the British Antarctic Survey said on Monday.
View ArticleBritain's laser quest for a weapon that really works
The British government recently signed a £30m contract with a defence and aerospace consortium to deliver a brand new prototype laser weapon. The announcement of the project, named "UK Dragonfire",...
View ArticleAround Antarctica: ACE expedition completed its first leg
The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) arrived yesterday in Australia after 30 days at sea. The scientific expedition, launch by the Swiss Polar Institute, completed the first leg of its...
View ArticleStudy of round worm that returns to life after freezing
The 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...
View ArticleScientists unravel the process of meltwater in ocean depths
An international team of researchers has discovered why fresh water, melted from Antarctic ice sheets, is often detected below the surface of the ocean, rather than rising to the top above denser...
View ArticleNew study on how shellfish create their shells
A new study describing how shellfish create their shells in response to their environment is published today (Wednesday 8 February) in the journal Royal Society Open Science.
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