Tag: British Antarctic Survey (BAS)

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 11:05 UTC

  BAS scientists carry out aerial survey of sub-Antarctic largest penguin colony

  

  Researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have carried out aerial surveys of the remote volcanic Zavodovski Island in the sub-Antarctic to count the largest penguin colony in the world.

• Thursday, January 11th 2024 - 17:13 UTC

  BAS staff awarded Polar Medal in 2024 New Year's Honors List

  

  British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have been awarded a Polar Medal in the 2024 New Year’s Honors List for their contributions to improving our understanding of Antarctica and enduring harsh Antarctic conditions.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2023 - 14:12 UTC

  Using a new AI tool to track the life cycle of icebergs in Antarctica

  

  Researchers are using a new AI tool to detect icebergs in the Southern Ocean. This is the first step towards scientists being able to track the complete life cycle of most icebergs across Antarctica from satellite data. The study published in the journal Remote Sensing of the Environment points out a report from the British Antarctic Survey.

• Saturday, October 21st 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  BAS begins its ambitious 2023/24 Antarctic field season: 60 projects and 600 people

  

  The British Antarctic Survey has announced that the 2023/24 Antarctic field season has started, with over 600 people beginning the journey South to work on over 60 projects on station and in the field. The season of work speaks clearly to the new 10-year science strategy, Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet, making the most of our operational capabilities across BAS five Antarctic stations, aircraft, and research ship.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 08:13 UTC

  Brunt Ice Shelf moving faster after calving of giant iceberg

  

  Following the calving of the A-81 iceberg at the end of January 2023, the Brunt Ice Shelf is moving faster than before. It is currently moving approximately 4 meters a day towards the sea, whereas before the calving it moved at an average of between 1-2.5 meters a day.

• Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 08:41 UTC

  Loss of sea ice causes catastrophic breeding failure for emperor penguins

  

  Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022. The discovery supports predictions that over 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be quasi-extinct by the end of the century, based on current global warming trends.

• Sunday, August 27th 2023 - 14:48 UTC

  Emperor penguins in danger due to sea ice melting

  

  According to a peer-reviewed British Antarctic Survey report released late last week, the melting of sea ice might have caused the death of some 10,000 Emperor penguin chicks by the end of 2022.

• Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

  Sixty years compilation of research on Antarctic ice and topography

  

  In a significant milestone for Antarctic research, detailed and extensive information on ice thickness and bed topography is now available for the first time in a centralized and standardized format, the British Antarctic Survey has announced.

• Tuesday, June 20th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

  BAS new ten-year strategy, Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

  

  The British Antarctic Survey (BAS), is launching on Monday 19 June, its new ten-year science strategy that addresses urgent scientific challenges facing our world, namely in the continents of the Arctic and Antarctic and the impact that the Polar Regions have across our planet.

• Friday, June 2nd 2023 - 11:00 UTC

  RRS Sir David Attenborough back in UK; she returns to Antarctica in October

  

  The Falkland Islands' flagged RRS Sir David Attenborough has returned to the UK after a second season docked at Antarctica. The crew completed its polar science trials during what was a seven-month mission. The vessel arrived at Harwich in Essex on Tuesday.