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Role of polar ice sheets in climate tipping points

Polar ice sheets are critical for climate projections, according to new research published today in the journal Nature Communications Earth & Environment. Improving understanding of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets …

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BAS Science Summaries

BAS Science Summaries 2024-25 This booklet contains summaries of all the field, station, and ship-based science projects that the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is supporting during the 2024-25 Antarctic field …

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Cloud scientists take to the skies to solve climate uncertainty

A project looking at how clouds affect climate change in Antarctica starts its second year of field research this month. The Southern Ocean Clouds (SOC) project, which is part of …

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Iceworld Podcast

Out now, ‘The operation to survey sea ice – from land, sky and satellite’ – in which Nadia speaks to the team working to calibrate sea ice measuring satellites with …

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Happy World Walrus Day 2024

From their unmistakable tusks to their characteristic bristles (the envy of many a ‘Movember’ moustache!), the walrus is one of the Arctic’s most iconic species, and today (Sunday 24 November) …

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Whale-ship strikes reduced if 2.6% of ocean made safer

A new study examines the risk to whales from ship strikes – the leading cause of death worldwide for the species. Thousands of whales are injured or killed each year …

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Plastic reduces how krill remove carbon into deep ocean

New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean, to help take CO2 from the atmosphere.  The …

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Underwater tsunamis focus of new study

An international research team, led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), has been awarded £3.7M to advance a ground-breaking study on how underwater tsunamis are triggered by glacier calving around Antarctica. …

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