Tag: Bird Island

• Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 06:59 UTC

  BAS publishes carbon emissions for 2023/24, striving to reach net zero

  

  For the first time, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) are publishing their carbon footprint data on their website to increase transparency and help other organizations reduce their carbon emissions.

• Saturday, June 22nd 2024 - 06:37 UTC

  BAS three winter stations celebrate the longest night in Antarctica

  

  June 21st marks the longest night in Antarctica and a very special Midwinter’s Day with 47 people or ‘winterers’ living and working at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) three winter stations: Rothera on the Antarctic peninsula, and King Edward Point and Bird Island on South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Wednesday, November 22nd 2023 - 08:14 UTC

  Avian Influenza outbreak in South Georgia expanding, GSGSSI and BAS survey

  

  Last month, October 2023, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) was confirmed on Bird Island, South Georgia in the brown skua populations. Since then, a number of other cases of symptomatic birds and above baseline mortality have been reported to the Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI).

• Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 11:48 UTC

  Avian Influenza confirmed in Bird Island; South Georgia introduces stringent bio-security measures

  

  Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in brown skua populations on Bird Island, South Georgia. In response to the situation on Monday, the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) has introduced a comprehensive Management Plan and new regulations to further protect terrestrial habitats and the remarkable animals and plants found in those islands.

• Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 09:39 UTC

  Midwinter Day in Antarctica, the shortest and darkest of the year

  

  British Antarctic Survey (BAS) staff in the UK and across three Antarctic wintering stations observed the shortest, darkest day of the year on the frozen continent with a host of unique celebrations.

• Thursday, April 30th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Plastic pollution continues to reach sub-Antarctic islands

  

  Food wrapping, fishing gear and plastic waste continue to reach the Antarctic. Two new studies into how plastic debris is reaching sub-Antarctic islands are published in the journal Environment International.

• Wednesday, April 8th 2020 - 18:30 UTC

  BAS ends Antarctic season and organizing the return: chartered ship will leave Falklands for UK 3 May

  

  British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has announced exceptional plans to repatriate scientists, support teams and construction workers as they complete their Antarctic summer field season work.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 02:56 UTC

  Falklands’ Shallow Marine Survey Group shares beauty of South Georgia waters

  

  The Shallow Marine surveys Group, which normally operates around the Falkland Islands, completed what they described as a, “highly productive expedition,” to South Georgia earlier this year, exploring the sub-tidal and inter-tidal habitats along the island’s north coast.