Antarctic Guide Blog
British Antarctic Survey Cambridge, UK exit?
Many visitors to the Uk with an interest in Antarctica find their way to Cambridge, the home of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) that was established 60 years ago and now employs 400 staff and operates five research stations, two research ships and five aircraft in Antarctica. However, yesterday plans were revealed to combine BAS and the […]
Antarctic Molluscs: Bivalve indeed!
Antarctic Molluscs: Bivalve indeed! Researchers studying the bivalves, known as Lissarca miliaris, published findings in the most recent volume of Polar Biology that suggests Antarctic molluscs switch between sexes in order to efficiently reproduce in the extreme cold. The study with Adam Reed, Ph.D student as lead author looked at males. “Curiously, we found huge numbers of very small eggs in […]
We killed the right blue whales
Good news: we somehow killed just the right blue whales Posted on March 9, 2012 by Rolf Schuttenhelm Earth is a bit over 4.5 billion years old. Life on it is only about one billion years younger. And let’s say Homo smartphonensis is a mere three years old. That means we [not really ‘we’ – […]