While the impact of climate change on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet has been widely studied, a clear understanding of the key process of iceberg production has eluded researchers for many years. Published ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 08, 2013 4.6 / 5 (10) 5 |

A new study of Antarctic clams reveals that age matters when it comes to adapting to the effects of climate change. The research provides new insight and understanding of the likely impact of predicted environmental change ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 18, 2013 4.3 / 5 (6) 7

A new 1000-year Antarctic Peninsula climate reconstruction shows that summer ice melting has intensified almost ten-fold, and mostly since the mid 20th Century. Summer ice melt affects the stability of Antarctic ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Apr 14, 2013 4.5 / 5 (17) 2 |

New research from the Antarctic Peninsula shows that the summer melt season has been getting longer over the last 60 years. Increased summer melting has been linked to the rapid break-up of ice shelves in the area and rising ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 27, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0

Romanticised in poetry, the wandering albatross is famed for its enormous wing-span and long life. The bird can often live to 50 years and beyond.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 13, 2013 not rated yet 1

Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey have been working with a host of international collaborators to present the most detailed map yet of Antarctica's landmass. Bedmap2 reveals a landscape of mountain ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 08, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

Canada's Arctic Archipelago glaciers will melt faster than ever in the next few centuries. Research by European funded scientists has shown that 20 per cent of the Canadian Arctic glaciers may have disappeared by the end ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Mar 07, 2013 3.9 / 5 (19) 37 |

Radiocarbon dates of tiny fossilised marine animals found in Antarctica's seabed sediments offer new clues about the recent rapid ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and help scientists make better predictions about ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jan 16, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

The first direct evidence that marked changes to Antarctic sea ice drift have occurred over the last 20 years, in response to changing winds, is published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. Scient ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Nov 11, 2012 4.2 / 5 (13) 17 |

After 16 years of planning the countdown is on for one of the most ambitious scientific missions to Antarctica. In October a 12-man team of British scientists, engineers and support staff will make the 16,000 ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Sep 07, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Results published this week by a team of polar scientists from Britain, Australia and France adds a new dimension to our understanding of Antarctic Peninsula climate change and the likely causes of the break-up of its ice ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Aug 22, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

An international study to understand and predict the likely impact of ocean acidification on shellfish and other marine organisms living in seas from the tropics to the poles is published this week (date) in the journal Global Ch ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Aug 05, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0

A team of British and Australian scientists has discovered an important method of how carbon is drawn down from the surface of the Southern Ocean to the deep waters beneath. The Southern Ocean is an important ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 29, 2012 5 / 5 (6) 3 |

Scientists have discovered a one mile deep rift valley hidden beneath the ice in West Antarctica, which they believe is contributing to ice loss from this part of the continent.

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

Jul 25, 2012 4.9 / 5 (9) 53 |

A new study of the wandering albatross -- one of the largest birds on Earth -- has shown that some of the birds are breeding earlier in the season compared with 30 years ago.

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0