Tag: BAS Halley Research Station

• Thursday, May 29th 2025 - 14:49 UTC

  Forty years since the discovery of the ozone hole by a team of BAS scientists

  

  This month, the world will mark the 40th anniversary of a moment that changed the course of history: the publication in Nature of ground-breaking research that presented the discovery of the ozone hole more precisely on 16 May 1985.

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• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 09:28 UTC

  Huge iceberg size of Greater London, breaks off from Brunt Ice Shelf, location of BAS Halley Research Station

  

  A huge iceberg, some 1550 km², almost the size of Greater London, has broken off the 150m thick Brunt Ice Shelf. It calved after cracks that have been developing naturally over the last few years extended across the entire ice shelf, causing the new iceberg to break free. This occurred on Sunday 22 January between 19.00 and 20.00 UTC during a spring tide.