Tag Archives: British Antarctic Survey

Hidden Life on Ice: Antarctic Algal Ecosystem Unveiled, Accelerating Glacial Melt

(IN BRIEF) A team of scientists, led by Dr. Matthew Davey of SAMS, has discovered an expansive ecosystem on the Robert Island ice cap in Antarctica, dominated by photosynthetic algae. This ecosystem, which covers up to 20% of the mapped … Read the full press release

Beyond EPICA Project’s Third Ice Core Drilling Season Begins in Antarctica

(IN BRIEF) The Beyond EPICA 23/24 team has initiated the third drilling season at Little Dome C in Antarctica, located near the Concordia Station. This international research project, led by the Institute of Polar Sciences of the National Research Council … Read the full press release

Research led by the University of Leeds produced the first complete assessment of Antarctic ice sheet elevation change

LEEDS, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Three years of observations show that the Antarctic ice sheet is now losing 159 billion tonnes of ice each year – twice as much as when it was last surveyed. A team of scientists from the … Read the full press release