British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctica Survey (BAS) traces its roots to post World War II and was officially formed in 1962 and headquartered in Cambridge, U.K. The BAS has five permanent bases in the British Antarctic Territory and two bases in South Georgia. BAS headquarters supplies office, equipment, scientific labs and research materials for scientific inquiry into the natural resources and geography of the Antarctic.
Address
High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 DET, United Kingdom
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News Office
lmca [at] bas [dot] ac [dot] uk
Phone
+44 (0)1223 221448
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"British Antarctic Survey" in the news:
Mysteriously warm times in Antarctica
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study of Antarctica's past climate reveals that temperatures during the warm periods between ice ages (interglacials) may have been higher than previously thought. The latest analysis ...
Fossil fuel CO2 emissions up by 29 percent since 2000
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The strongest evidence yet that the rise in atmospheric CO2 emissions continues to outstrip the ability of the world's natural 'sinks' to absorb carbon is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. ...
Antarctica glacier retreat creates new carbon dioxide store
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula. This ...
Krill 'superswarm' formation investigated
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have been studying how krill form into superswarms, which are among the largest gatherings of living creatures on Earth.
Albatross camera reveals fascinating feeding interaction with killer whale
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Scientists from British Antarctic Survey, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, and Hokkaido University, Japan, have recorded the first observations of how albatrosses feed alongside marine mammals ...
NASA Ice Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have used NASA’s Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) to compose the most comprehensive picture of changing glaciers along the coast of the Greenland and Antarctic ...
Lasers from space show thinning of Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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The most comprehensive picture of the rapidly thinning glaciers along the coastline of both the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets has been created using satellite lasers. The findings are an important step forward in the ...
Genes that let creepy-crawlies survive a deep freeze
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Arctic springtails (Megaphorura arctica) survive freezing temperatures by dehydrating themselves before the coldest weather sets in. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have identified a suite of ge ...
New research provides insight into ice sheet behavior
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published this week takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. Reporting in the journal ...
Measuring the effects of temperature increases in the Antarctic fauna
Jun 30, 2009 |
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Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study, to be presented at the ...
The poop on finding penguins: Follow the guano
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists looking for lost penguins stumbled upon an effective method: Follow their poop from space.
New Antarctic seabed sonar images reveal clues to sea-level rise
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 05, 2009 |
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Motorway-sized troughs and channels carved into Antarctica's continental shelves by glaciers thousands of years ago could help scientists to predict future sea-level rise according to a report in the journal ...
Icebergs break away from Antarctic iceshelf
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellite images show that icebergs have begun to calve from the northern front of the Wilkins Ice Shelf - indicating that the huge shelf has become unstable. This follows the collapse three ...
Increasing Antarctic sea ice extent linked to the ozone hole
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2009 |
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Increased growth in Antarctic sea ice during the past 30 years is a result of changing weather patterns caused by the ozone hole according to new research published this week (Thurs 23 April 2009).
Robot sub searches for signs of melting 60 km into an Antarctic ice shelf cavity
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 17, 2009 |
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Autosub, a robot submarine built and developed by the UK's National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, has successfully completed a high-risk campaign of six missions travelling under an Antarctic glacier.
