August 5, 2020 – A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring the impact of environmental change on the population of this iconic bird. Reporting this week in the journal Remote Sensing in Ecology […]
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First evidence of human-caused climate change melting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
August 12, 2019 – A new study published this week reveals the first evidence of a direct link between human-induced global warming and melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. UK-US researchers say that curbing greenhouse gas emissions now could reduce the future sea-level contribution from this region. Ice loss in West Antarctica has increased […]
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“Catastrophic” breeding failure at one of world’s largest emperor penguin colonies
April 26, 2019 – Emperor penguins at the Halley Bay colony in the Weddell Sea have failed to raise chicks for the last three years, scientists have discovered. Researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) studied very high resolution satellite imagery to reveal the unusual findings, published today (25 April 2019) in the journal Antarctic Science. […]
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Arctic sea ice loss in the past linked to abrupt climate events
Feb. 12, 2019 – A new study on ice cores shows that reductions in sea ice in the Arctic in the period between 30-100,000 years ago led to major climate events. During this period, Greenland temperatures rose by as much as 16 degrees Celsius. The results are published today (Monday 11 February) in Proceedings of […]
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Study shows Antarctic ice sheet loss over the last 11,000 years
July 5, 2017 – Reporting this week (Wednesday 5 July) in the journal Nature, an international team of researchers led by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) explains that wind-driven incursions of warm water forced the retreat of glaciers in West Antarctica during the past 11,000 years. These new results enable researchers to better understand how environmental […]
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New footage shows huge crack in Larsen C Ice Shelf (VIDEO)
Feb. 23, 2017 – British Antarctic Survey (BAS) recently captured this video footage of a huge crack in the Larsen C Ice Shelf, on the Antarctic Peninsula. Currently a huge iceberg, roughly the size of Norfolk, looks set to break off Larsen C Ice Shelf, which is more than twice the size of Wales. Satellite observations […]
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Halley Research Station Antarctica to close for winter due to growth of new crack in ice shelf (VIDEO)
Jan. 18, 2017 – British Antarctic Survey (BAS) has decided not to winter at Halley VI Research Station for safety reasons. The station, which is located on the floating Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica, will shut down between March and November 2017. Changes to the ice, particularly the growth of a new crack, presents a […]