Tag: British Antarctic Survey

• Wednesday, December 18th 2013 - 07:05 UTC

  Kimberlite rocks found in Antarctica could mean the territory is rich in diamonds

  

  The prospect that Antarctica could be rich in diamonds was published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, following the discovery by a team of a telltale rock called kimberlite in the Prince Charles Mountains in East Antarctica.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2013 - 17:51 UTC

  West Antarctic ice sheet loss, one of the multi-year projects to be started this year by BAS

  

  With the Antarctic Summer well underway, British Antarctic Territory Commissioner Peter Hayes has sent his well wishes to British Antarctic Survey staff (BAS) working on the continent over the coming months. In a recent letter to UK Base commanders Dr Hayes commented:

• Thursday, August 1st 2013 - 03:33 UTC

  South Georgia company sponsors research on toothfish sustainability

  

  Georgia Seafood is sponsoring pioneering research into the reproductive behaviour of the Patagonian Toothfish in South Georgia. Director of Georgia Seafood Stuart Wallace explained that in a market that demands sustainability it is important to the company that they support the science underpinning that aim.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2013 - 05:35 UTC

  Falklands’ linked scientist who helped identify ozone layer hole has died

  

  The British Antarctic Survey scientist Joe Farman, who helped identify the “hole” in the ozone layer over the southern pole, has died. Dr Farman who was also a scientific officer at the Falkland Islands Dependency Survey, published the discovery with Brian Gardiner and Jon Shanklin in the Journal Nature in 1985.

• Thursday, April 4th 2013 - 02:06 UTC

  Expanding Antarctic sea-ice triggers different scientific explanations

  

  Climate change is expanding Antarctica's sea ice, according to a scientific study in the journal Nature Geoscience. The paradoxical phenomenon is thought to be caused by relatively cold plumes of fresh water derived from melting beneath the Antarctic ice shelves.

• Friday, March 22nd 2013 - 21:20 UTC

  British Antarctic Survey has a new director: climate expert Professor Jane Francis

  

  Professor Jane Francis has been appointed as the new Director of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Ms Francis, a geologist by training, is Professor of Palaeoclimatology at the University of Leeds where she is currently Dean of the Faculty of Environment.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 20:49 UTC

  HMS Protector inspecting Antarctic Treaty sites; first visit to Brazil’s Comandante Ferraz station

  

  Royal Navy Ice patrol HMS Protector has arrived in Antarctica for the first time this season after her long sail south from Portsmouth. She will spend this, the first of her four work periods in the ice this Austral Summer, supporting an international team conducting formal Antarctic Treaty inspections of sites across the Peninsula.

• Friday, November 16th 2012 - 04:22 UTC

  Cameron and Piñera discuss Falklands, Antarctic cooperation and confirm close links

  

  Visiting Chilean president Sabastian Piñera and PM David Cameron reaffirmed the two countries long standing close relations, pledged to increase trade and acknowledged their views on the Falkland Islands and the coming referendum during a meeting on Thursday at 10 Downing Street.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 19:33 UTC

  BAS merger plan triggers debate; fears of ‘diminished’ British presence in Southern Ocean

  

  UK government plans to merge the British Antarctic Survey with the National Oceanography Centre have triggered global debate among scientists and politicians with former US Vice-president Al Gore wading into the discussion and fears in the Falkland Islands of a diminished “British presence” in the region.

• Friday, August 10th 2012 - 22:37 UTC

  Ice patrol HMS Protector crew to visit the affiliated city of Cambridge

  

  The university city of Cambridge might be more used to punts, but it is about to welcome the crew of a Royal Navy ship. HMS Protector, the Navy's 5.000-ton Antarctic patrol vessel is to visit the region on Monday, marking her first visit to her affiliated city of Cambridge since the formal link was established a year ago.