Antarctica

Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
South Georgia launches Protect, Sustain, Inspire as part of its non native plant management strategy

The control and management of non-native species is a key factor in ensuring that the island of South Georgia continues to be an ecosystem in recovery. Under the Protect, Sustain, Inspire framework, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has committed to comprehensive invasive plant management.
Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:02 UTC
Unknown ecosystem found beneath Antarctica's ice

Scientists from New Zealand have found an ecosystem 500 meters deep hundreds of kilometers from the edge of the Ross Sea ice shelf in Antarctica, which is inhabited by shrimp-like animals, it was reported.
Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 11:09 UTC
BAS/South Georgia launch new data portal on one of the world's largest Marine Protected Areas

A new Data Portal was launched on Friday by the British Antarctic Survey and the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), which will help to enhance the management of one of the world’s largest Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:00 UTC
After five years of work, new seafloor map of the Southern Ocean covering 48 million sq Km

A new map of the seafloor of the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica provides the most accurate representation of this vast area to date. The International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBSCO) has taken five years to compile and update this map, which was first published in 2013.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:56 UTC
Argentina switches on new radar to monitor South Atlantic airspace

Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana presided over the entry into operation of an air surveillance and control radar in Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego. The equipment (model RPA -170M) was designed and built entirely in Argentina.
Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:11 UTC
Across the Atlantic from UK to the Falklands, for a first autonomous marine research vessel

Britain's Plymouth Marine Laboratory has commissioned Plymouth-based M Subs Ltd to design and build the autonomous mono-hulled vessel, supported by funding from the Natural Environment Research Council. The vessel-sub Oceanus is scheduled to make its inaugural voyage from the UK to the Falkland Islands, doing marine research along the way without any crew on board.
Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
British Antarctic Survey field season has finished; RRS Sir Attenborough returns to UK after seven months

RRS Sir David Attenborough departed Rothera Research Station for the final time earlier in May and is now making its way back to the UK, marking the end of the BAS Antarctic summer field season.
Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 21:28 UTC
Genes make Antarctica bacteria immune to antibiotics

A team of Chilean scientists doing research in Antarctica has come up with bacteria resistant to antibiotics and other man-developed treatments thanks to information passed on through genes, it was reported.
Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
Judge Simmons loves the Falklands; has the largest judicial jurisdiction in the world

“I have always had an interest in the Falkland Islands ever since, as a schoolboy in London in 1982, I watched the Task Force set sail. While the conflict in the Falklands was short, it had a huge impact on the people of the Falkland Islands and their relationship with Argentina,” said Judge Malcolm Simmons, senior judge and Coroner of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, and the British Antarctic Territory.
Monday, May 23rd 2022 - 22:43 UTC
Alberto Fernández eyes Antarctica for May 25 celebration

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has announced he would spend the May 25 National Holiday at a school in the Esperanza Base in Antarctica, weather permitting. The move would allow him to skip the traditional religious service at Buenos Aires' cathedral.