Marine Science Archives - British Antarctic Survey

A close up of a long, cone-shaped species which is coloured white at its tip, tapering down to a beige, then fleshy pink colour at its middle, and returning to a translucent beige at the widest part of its cone. It is pictured in the deep sea, and so the background is pitch black

New deep-sea mollusc species co-habits with anemone

3 December, 2024

A new species of tusk shell, a burrowing marine mollusc, has been discovered in deep, North Atlantic waters by scientists from British Antarctic Survey and the Senckenberg Society for Nature …

Plastic reduces how krill remove carbon into deep ocean

20 November, 2024

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 …

Engagement seminar: Digital twinning for marine science fieldwork

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New deep-sea mollusc species co-habits with anemone

Plastic reduces how krill remove carbon into deep ocean