Antarctica

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:34 UTC

  New link between greenhouse gases and sea-level rise, BAS scientists

  

  Advanced ocean modeling techniques reveal how greenhouse gas emissions contribute to warmer oceans and the resulting melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. A new study by scientists Kaitlin Naughten and Paul Holland from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) provides the first evidence that rising greenhouse gases have a long-term warming effect on the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica.

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:13 UTC

  UKAHT hiring workers to monitor penguins in Antarctica

  

  The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust is offering part-time job opportunities for qualified candidates willing to spend several months at Port Lockroy, Base A.

• Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough completes ice trials during maiden voyage to Antarctica

  

  Falklands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough is completing ice trials during its maiden voyage to Antarctica – a critical milestone in the commissioning of Britain’s new polar ship. This is the first in a series of trials to get the ship ready for multi-disciplinary science missions.

• Thursday, March 31st 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  International team researching complex pattern of sea ice around Antarctica

  

  A £5m project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) to investigate the complex changes seen in sea ice around the Antarctic begins this month (March 2022) as the sea ice extent around the continent drops to a record low level.

• Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Researchers concerned over ice shelf disintegrating in East Antarctica

  

  The Conger Shelf, a 460-square-kilometers mass of ice has disintegrated in East Antarctica, it was reported over the weekend. It was the first to break up in four decades of satellite observations. The event took place on March 15.

• Saturday, March 26th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Plant dynamics in Antarctica because of climate change

  

  Rising temperatures in Antarctica have seen two species of plants grow quicker, in a ten year period, because of climate change, according to an article published in Current Biology under the heading of “Acceleration of climate warming and plant dynamics in Antarctica”

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Strange living creatures found in Antarctica

  

  A team of geologists found a group of creatures in an area of Antarctica where life was deemed near to impossible, it was reported.

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Signy Research station 75th anniversary; RRS Sir David Attenborough visit

  

  This week RRS Sir David Attenborough visited South Georgia arriving at the upgraded wharf for the first time at King Edward Point marking a new chapter for polar science

• Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  South Georgia appoints new Director of Operations; Steve Winn has a long maritime experience

  

  Following a highly competitive recruitment process, the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, GSGSSI announced the appointment of Steve Winn as our new Director of Operations.

• Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:05 UTC

  New Zealand halts new Antarctic vessel development due to budgetary crisis

  

  The Government of New Zealand has halted the Antarctic Patrol Ship Project, citing budgetary shortcomings stemming from expenses incurred in the fight against COVID-19, it was reported.