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First Antarctic dinosaur fossil confirmed nearly 40 years after discovery

A vertebra discovered by British scientists in 1985 has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found in Antarctica, shedding new light on how these animals spread across the southern hemisphere.

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BASF Bets on China Growth as Zhanjiang Site Targets €5 Billion in Sales by 2030

Basf (ETR:BAS) executives said the company’s new Zhanjiang Verbund site in Guangdong province has started operations successfully, positioning the German chemicals group for further growth in China while adding a major new production platform built around digitalization, feedstock flexibility and re

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Scientists just found a lost river world buried beneath Antarctica’s ice for 34 million years

Beneath nearly two kilometres of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, locked away since the continent froze over at least 34 million years ago, scientists have found something that changes the way researchers understand both Antarctica's distant past and its near-term future. Using ice-penetrating radar gathered across multiple airborne survey campaigns,…

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The 'Doomsday Glacier' is poised to lose its ice shelf this year. An Antarctic researcher explains what that means for global sea levels

Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice shelf. We spoke to marine geophysicist Robert Larter about what this means for the "Doomsday Glacier."

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From Antarctic diver to Attenborough collaborator: Doug Allan’s incredible photographic career got an unconventional start

The late Doug Allan was an acclaimed wildlife cameraman, but his journey from being an Antarctic research diver to making films alongside Sir David Attenborough was anything but conventional

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Meet the scientist heading to Greenland’s fjord glaciers to understand their ‘climate tipping point’

Researchers will also trial a prototype ‘Early Warning System’ for glacier change in Greenland, as ice melt continues to accelerate.

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A giant iceberg twice the size of London is under threat of disappearing

Picture a frozen colossus drifting silently through icy waters, big enough to blanket London twice over. That's iceberg A23a. As per the European Space Agency (ESA), it’s one of the world's largest, now stranded near South Georgia, a stunning sub-Antarctic island famed for its penguins, seals, and jagged peaks. Grounded…

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World’s largest iceberg A23a from Antarctica is finally breaking apart after 40 years at sea

One of the largest and oldest icebergs is now melting very quickly, ending its 40-year journey across the southern ocean. According to Dr Andrew Meijers, an oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey, the largest iceberg on the planet, A23a, is breaking up fairly dramatically because the South Atlantic waters are…

The Times of India

Scientists to drill into Antarctica’s fragile ‘Doomsday Glacier’ that poses threat to world’s oceans

Researchers have never drilled into the Thwaites glacier before

The Independent UK

What Most Sydney Business Owners Get Wrong About Bookkeeping

For many Sydney business owners, bookkeeping sits somewhere between “something I should probably do” and “something I’ll deal with when BAS is due.”

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Antarctic scientists get early Christmas present – thanks to the King

Charles was ‘touched by the story of the team working in one of the most remote places on earth’

The Independent UK

King’s special post box delivery for scientists in the Antarctic

The Royal Household teamed up with Royal Mail to send a red post box bearing the King’s cypher to a remote British research station.

Evening Standard

40-year-old 'queen of icebergs' A23a is no longer world's biggest after losing several 'very large chunks' since May

A giant iceberg called A23a that broke off Antarctica in 1986 is now disintegrating near South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, scientists say.

LiveScience

Melting glacier reveals remains of British scientist who fell into crevasse in Antarctica 66 years ago

Dennis Bell disappeared in an accident aged 25 during a glacier survey

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Dennis Bell Antarctica Mystery Solved: Remains Found After 66 Years on Glacier - Who Is He And What Was He Doing There?

Remains of British meteorologist Dennis Bell, missing in Antarctica since 1959, found on a receding glacier, ending a 66-year mystery.

The Independent UK

Remains of British man who died in Antarctica found in melting glacier 66 years later

Bone fragments were transported to the Falkland Islands aboard the BAS Royal Research Ship Sir David Attenborough

Evening Standard

Remains of British researcher who died in Antarctica found 66 years later

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell, 25, died after falling down a crevasse on a glacier at Admiralty Bay on King George Island on July 26 1959.

The Guardian - UK

Antarctic glacier melt reveals remains of Briton who died in 1959 accident

Dennis ‘Tink’ Bell fell into a crevasse at the age of 25 while working for the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey

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How the ‘Little Boy’ Hiroshima nuclear bomb transformed modern warfare forever

The Hiroshima bomb is the most devastating to have been used in real combat. But today’s nuclear weapons are far, far more powerful

The Guardian - UK

Antarctic seal numbers falling drastically due to melting sea ice, research shows

British Antarctic Survey finds one breed of seal has declined by 54% since 1977

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Satellite images show a dramatic decline in Antarctica's emperor penguin population — and it's happening faster than we thought (photos)

One region of the continent saw a 22% decline in emperor penguin numbers over 15 years.

Euronews

City-sized icebergs drifted by UK, scientists find. What can they tell us about Antarctica’s future?

Uncovering the collapse of the British and Irish ice sheet could help predict what's in store for Antarctica.

The Independent UK

Giant icebergs the size of cities once drifted off the coast of Britain, scientists find

Research could indicate how current climate change and global warming are affecting Antarctica

The Guardian - UK

Giant icebergs once drifted off the coast of Britain, scientists find

Discovery could provide valuable clues as to how the climate crisis might affect Antarctica, says study

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Scientists create new map showing ice-free Antarctica in more detail than ever before

Bedmap3 is the most fine-grain map to date of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice. Scientists created it using more than 60 years' worth of data from satellites, ships and dog-drawn sleds.

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