News tagged with: antarctic
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Scientists embark on first study of Antarctica’s underwater avalanches
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: The Antarctic Canyon Experiment (ACE) is a five-year £2.4m project being led by the University and an international consortium of partners.
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![Research vessel JOIDES Resolution surrounded by sea ice as it approaches Antarctica's eastern Ross Sea (Credit: Jenny Gales)]()
Past climate change to blame for Antarctica’s giant underwater landslides
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: An international team of researchers, led by Lecturer in Hydrography and Ocean Exploration Dr Jenny Gales, has discovered the cause of giant underwater landslides in Antarctica.
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![Researchers in ²ÝùÊÓƵ will look for evidence of mass wasting that could potentially trigger tsunamis in the south Atlantic]()
Scientists use Navy data to assess the stability of underwater volcanoes
²ÝùÊÓƵ news: Our researchers are using data gathered by the Royal Navy to assess the threat of potentially devastating tsunamis caused by underwater volcanoes on the fringe of Antarctica
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![The Antarctic spiny plunderfish (Harpagifer
antarcticus). Credit: Lloyd Peck, British Antarctic Survey]()
Life in the freezer – study provides first evidence of growth limitations in Antarctic fish
New research by scientists at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ and the British Antarctic Survey shows have lost their ability to grow at rates seen in their warmer water cousins
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Film crews capture first evidence of leopard seals sharing food
James Robbins, a Visiting Research Fellow at the ²ÝùÊÓƵ, has led a new study which showed up to 36 seals feeding at the same king penguin colony in South Georgia
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![The Adelie penguin colony at Edmonson Point (Credit Silvia Olmastroni)]()
Scientists complete first assessment of blood abnormalities in Antarctic penguin colony
Scientists from the ²ÝùÊÓƵ have contributed to the first study of immune and genetic stability among a colony of penguins living in a remote corner of southern Antarctica
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![Professor John Spicer collecting intertidal amphipods from South Cove (photo credit: Simon Morley)]()
The complex fate of Antarctic species in the face of a changing climate
Scientists from the the ²ÝùÊÓƵ and the British Antarctic Survey present support for the theory that marine invertebrates with larger body size are generally more sensitive to reductions in oxygen
