- Antarctic sea-level rising faster than global rate: A new study of satellite data from the last 19 years reveals that fresh water from melting glaciers has caused the sea-level around the coast of Antarctica to rise by 2cm more than the global average of 6cm http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=2749 6 comments science
- Antarctic emperor penguins may be adapting to warmer temperatures: A new study of four Antarctic emperor penguin colonies suggest that unexpected breeding behaviour may be a sign that the birds are adapting to environmental change http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=2459 3 comments science
- Life, dating back nearly 100,000 years, found in the sediments of an Antarctic subglacial lake for the first time http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=2308 319 comments science
- Improved ice bed, surface and thickness datasets for Antarctica http://www.antarctica.ac.uk//bas_research/our_research/az/bedmap2/ 4 comments science
- British Antarctic Survey: Northern Greenland was 8°C warmer during the Eemian Interglacial, 130,000 to 115,000 year ago. http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=2040&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed 4 comments science
- First evidence of ocean acidification affecting live marine creatures http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=1976 3 comments science
- Underwater Antarctic volcanoes discovered in the Southern Ocean http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/press/press_releases/press_release.php?id=1541 3 comments science