Articles about 'British Antarctic Survey'

Under the bonnet at Dawn, the UK's fastest AI supercomputer

17 March 2025

How AI supercomputer, Dawn, is being used to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing humanity.

Historic fires trapped in Antarctic ice yield key information for climate models

09 August 2024

Pollutants preserved in Antarctic ice document historic fires in the Southern Hemisphere, offering a glimpse at how humans have impacted the landscape and providing data that could help scientists understand future climate change.

Tents at Skytrain Ice Rice in Antarctica

Ice cores provide first documentation of rapid Antarctic ice loss in the past

08 February 2024

Researchers from the ��Ī and the British Antarctic Survey have uncovered the first direct evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet shrunk suddenly and dramatically at the end of the Last Ice Age, around 8,000 years ago.

World’s most threatened seabirds visit remote plastic pollution hotspots

04 July 2023

Analysis of global tracking data for 77 species of petrel has revealed that a quarter of all plastics potentially encountered in their search for food are in remote international waters – requiring international collaboration to address.

Darwin Lectures

18 January 2023

Isolation is the theme of the 2023 Lecture Series

Exploring Antarctica in ��Ī

01 April 2022

In its inaugural year in 2021, the ��Ī Festival managed to reach every continent on Earth - except Antarctica. So, for 2022, we’ve brought Antarctica to ��Ī. While you're here, learn about some of the world-leading research happening here in ��Ī.

Invasive species ‘hitchhiking’ on ships threaten Antarctica’s ecosystems

10 January 2022

Marine life hitching a ride on ocean-crossing ships poses a threat to Antarctica’s pristine ecosystems, with the potential for invasive species to arrive from almost anywhere across the globe.

The Royal Society announces election of new Fellows 2021

06 May 2021

��Ī scientists are among the new Fellows announced today by the Royal Society.

Climate change will turn coastal Antarctica green, say scientists

20 May 2020

Scientists have created the first ever large-scale map of microscopic algae as they bloomed across the surface of snow along the Antarctic Peninsula coast. Results indicate that this ‘green snow’ is likely to spread as global temperatures increase.

Number of days per year with mean daily temperatures above 25 degrees - 1979-2018 compared with 2018-2059

New approaches to help businesses tackle climate change

26 February 2020

Climate change could add around 20% to the global cost of extreme weather events by 2040, according to early findings from ��Ī researchers, who are urging businesses to evaluate their own exposures to the growing risk to improve their resilience and sustainability.

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