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![BAS Field Camp on the Rutford Ice Stream](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/10010337-Rutford-ice-stream-400x300.jpg)
BEAMISH: Basal Conditions on Rutford Ice Stream
The polar ice sheets play a major role in controlling Earth’s sea level and climate, but our understanding of their history and motion is poor. The biggest uncertainty in predicting …
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Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Sea-Surface
In order to assess the impact of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) on the oceans today we are investigating the effect of decreasing upper ocean pH on calcifying zooplankton. Pteropods, …
![Rough seas of the Southern ocean](https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/81293918ac8a2ed68cef24f2426e4cff_1428751564-e1654852030182-400x300.jpg)
The role of the Southern Ocean in regulating atmospheric CO2 on glacial-interglacial timescales
The cause of the variability in atmospheric CO2 over glacial-interglacial timescales has been a puzzle since its discovery in the early 1980s. It is widely believed to be related to …