Climate change
Climate change has dramatically altered the Arctic seas with significant decrease in sea ice extent and thickness and warming water temperature. The ecological impacts of such change have been described […] The post A pan-Arctic pigment database for phytoplankton and sea-ice algae appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
East Anglia has been officially declared in drought by the Environment Agency, as Cambridgeshire residents debate housebuilding, water leaks and climate change
Snow algae are important primary producers in Antarctic terrestrial ecosystems. As short-term Antarctic summer temperatures approach 20°C, parameterising temperature tolerance for snow algal species is key to determining how climate […] The post Antarctic snow algal responses to temperature – potential implications of climate change appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Cambridge & Oxford join forces to unlock over a million biological records Tricia Harnett Tue, 07/14/2026 – 14:24 Cambridge and Oxford join forces to unlock over a million biological records for climate research. The University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford have announced a major new partnership to digitise over 1.1 million natural history…
Opinion | Pippa Heylings, MP for South Cambridgeshire, calls for air-conditioned public buildings to open as ‘cool hubs’ during heatwaves.
Human activity has driven retreat of one of Antarctica’s most important glaciers British Antarctic Survey scientists have contributed to the first study to directly link the retreat of a major Antarctic glacier to human-caused climate change. The post Human activity has driven retreat of one of Antarctica’s most important glaciers appeared first on British Antarctic…
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) has undergone rapid change over the satellite era, characterized by significant thinning, grounding-line retreat, and mass loss. More than a third of the ice […] The post Detection and attribution of the role of anthropogenic climate change in industrial-era retreat of Pine Island Glacier appeared first on British Antarctic…
This review considers the current status, and highlights existing knowledge gaps, on Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biological responses to climate change. Climate change is considered to be one of the […] The post Antarctic terrestrial and freshwater biological responses to climate change appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Natural disturbance events are expected to increase with climate change. This is particularly evident in polar regions where reduced winter sea-ice has increased movement of icebergs, and thus seafloor scouring. […] The post Shallow benthic Antarctic food webs recover complexity after disturbance appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.
Climate change driven release of methane (CH4) from polar and sub-polar sediments could accelerate global warming, and tracking CH4 in cold sediments over geological time helps predict future releases. Isotopic […] The post Ikaite precipitation indicates near surface occurrence of methane in an Icelandic fjord appeared first on British Antarctic Survey.