- World's biggest iceberg heads north after escaping vortex https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/worlds-largest-iceberg-a23a-breaks-free/ 23 comments worldnews
- Emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica suffer as sea-ice diminishes. Current predictions suggest that in scenarios in which greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at current levels, the population of emperor penguins will fall by 99% by the end of the century, https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/emperor-penguin-colonies-in-antarctica-suffer-as-sea-ice-diminishes/ 5 comments science
- Evidence, contained within an ice core, shows that in one location the West Antarctic Ice Sheet thinned by 450 metres — that’s more than the height of the Empire State Building — in just under 200 years. This is the first evidence anywhere in Antarctica for such a fast loss of ice. https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/ice-cores-reveal-rapid-antarctic-ice-loss-in-the-past/ 121 comments science
- Antarctic sea ice since 1700 CE. Research found a decline in southern hemisphere sea-ice extent over the 20th century, driven by a reduction of 0.26 million km2 in the Weddell Sea that reached values at the end of the century lower than any other reconstructed period. https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/an-unprecedented-sea-ice-retreat-in-the-weddell-sea-driving/ 4 comments science
- Scientists have reconstructed more than 60 million years of evolutionary history to reveal how penguins became oceanic birds https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/study-reveals-60-million-years-of-penguin-evolution/ 2 comments science
- Scientists accidentally discover extreme life beneath Antarctica's ice shelves. https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/discovery-of-life-beneath-antarcticas-ice-shelves/ 25 comments worldnews
- Past evidence supports a fast retreat of future Arctic summer sea ice, suggesting the Arctic may be free of summer sea-ice by 2035 https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/past-evidence-supports-complete-loss-of-arctic-sea-ice-by-2035/ 4 comments science
- As the ocean warms, marine species relocate toward the poles. Rising temperatures have led to widespread changes in the population sizes of marine species. The researchers found a general pattern of species having increasing numbers on their poleward sides and losses toward the equator. https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/climate-change-drives-poleward-increases-and-equatorward-declines-in-marine/ 3 comments science
- New high-precision map of Antarctica’s bed topography unveiled. Among the many striking results is the discovery of the world’s deepest land canyon situated below Denman Glacier in East Antarctica which reaches 3,500 meters below sea level. https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/new-high-precision-map-of-antarcticas-bed-topography/ 16 comments science
- The amount of plastic washing up onto the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10 times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/increase-in-plastics-waste-reaching-remote-south-atlantic-islands/ 9 comments science
- Is a job aiding scientific research viable? https://www.bas.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/it-engineer-cambridge-antarctica-2/ 16 comments cscareerquestions
- Annual snow accumulation on West Antarctica’s coastal ice sheet increased dramatically during the 20th century, according to new study published in the American Geophysical Union Journal. The last three decades saw more snow build up on the ice sheet than at any other time in the last 300 years. https://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/press-release-west-antarctica-snow-accumulation/ 65 comments science