The Latest Breaking News from BAs

‘A worrying decline’: Why penguins are vanishing from this volcanic island 2,000km from humans

Scientists have blamed human-caused climate change for the decline in chinstrap penguins on the remote Zavodovski Island.

Euronews · Oct 7

In 2019, researchers used Sentinel-2 satellite images to find eight unreported emperor-penguin breeding colonies, lifting the known total to 61

Eight new emperor penguin colonies have been identified in Antarctica, increasing the total to 61 active populations. The British Antarctic Survey made this discovery using satellite imagery to detect guano stains on sea ice. This finding raises the estimated population to over 500,000 birds, but the new colonies are small…

The Economic Times · Sep 24

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.

Euronews · Jun 29

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.

Euronews · Mar 15

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…

The Times of India · Mar 12

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 · Mar 10

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 · Jan 29

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.”

inkl · Jan 6

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 · Dec 13, 2025

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 · Dec 13, 2025