Antarctica

Nopi Exizidou: 'We need to take more risks to get to net zero'

Science

Nopi Exizidou: 'We need to take more risks to get to net zero'

The British Antarctic Survey's head of net zero transition explores the challenges of delivering decarbonisation in a remote and pristine location

clock 10 September 2024 • 7 min read
First continent-wide survey of Antarctic plant life to inform 'more targeted' conservation

Biodiversity

First continent-wide survey of Antarctic plant life to inform 'more targeted' conservation

Satellite sweep of Antarctic mosses, lichens and algae detects vegetation area roughly three times the size of Lake Windermere

clock 06 August 2024 • 3 min read
Global Briefing: ExxonMobil bets big on oil with $60bn plan to buy Pioneer Natural resources

Policy

Global Briefing: ExxonMobil bets big on oil with $60bn plan to buy Pioneer Natural resources

All the top green news from around the world this week, from a new corporate climate disclosure law in California to the latest dire warnings about ice loss in Antarctica

clock 13 October 2023 • 5 min read

Science

How the UK's net zero mission reaches all the way to Antarctica

Science Minister Chris Skidmore explains how the UK's scientific heritage and £300m polar infrastructure programme is helping the world better understand climate risks

clock 06 February 2020 • 3 min read

Climate change

An international mission to ends of the Earth to seek answers to climate change: why the Thwaites Glacier matters to me

Claire Perry explains how a pioneering new UK-US research project to Antarctica will help inform domestic climate resilience efforts

clock 22 November 2018 • 3 min read