Each year, on 21 June, personnel at BAS stations – Rothera, Bird Island, and South Georgia – join colleagues at other ...

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of field-based ecological knowledge. The new opinion article, "Is Antarctica Greening?" ...

Sea ice in the Antarctic Ocean had been growing for decades, but now, a sudden trend downward could spell serious trouble.

While the UK enjoys its longest day of sunlight on Saturday, British scientists at the South Pole experience 24 hours of ...

A new study challenges recent claims about dramatic "greening" in Antarctica and how this conflicts with decades of ...

As the United Kingdom marks the height of summer, British researchers stationed in Antarctica observe the winter solstice, plunged into complete darkness lasting 24 hours, promptin ...

The BBC World Service’s midwinter broadcast is part of a day of celebrations for personnel at British Antarctic Survey stations at Rothera, Bird Island, and South Georgia, who join colleagues at ...

“The scientific research that the British Antarctic Survey undertakes, alongside teams from across the world, is today more vital than ever, telling us stories of the past, the present and ...

Populations of Antarctic seals have halved over 50 years amid a warming climate and shrinking sea ice, a new study has shown.