British Antarctic Survey - Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

The Antarctic Treaty and the role of National Antarctic Programmes

How do you measure success when assessing one of the most remarkable examples of international collaboration and diplomacy ever?

Ancient river landscapes discovered beneath East Antarctica

A team of scientists, including those from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), have uncovered the hidden remains of a vast ancient coastal plain beneath East Antarctica—an important discovery that could refine forecasts of future global sea level rise.

Tiny ocean heroes play a massive role in Southern Ocean carbon storage

A new study in collaboration with BAS scientists reveals for the first time that zooplankton migration contributes significantly to carbon storage in the Southern Ocean – a process currently overlooked …

British Antarctic Survey at the Grand Arcade, Cambridge

On 26 July from 9am-5pm, join the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) at the Grand Arcade shopping centre in Cambridge for the brilliant opportunity to explore polar science close to home. This free event will feature a showcase of some of the work conducted at BAS.

Study challenges recent claims about rapid Antarctic “greening”

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic “greening” in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge. The new opinion article ‘Is Antarctica Greening?’, published in …

A first for RRS Sir David Attenborough: science in the dark

Professor Mike Meredith is an oceanographer at British Antarctic Survey. He concludes a first of its kind science cruise on the RRS Sir David Attenborough conducting research in the polar …