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Always good to have a professional second opinion! 😉 The team are making the most of the wait.
November 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Always good to have a professional second opinion! 😉 The team are making the most of the wait.
Here's the latest weather reports the @metoffice.gov.uk have put together to help our team travel to Halley Research Station on Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf.
The team use these reports and webcams at Halley to judge conditions - really tricky predict in detail over such a large and remote area.
The team use these reports and webcams at Halley to judge conditions - really tricky predict in detail over such a large and remote area.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's the latest weather reports the @metoffice.gov.uk have put together to help our team travel to Halley Research Station on Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf.
The team use these reports and webcams at Halley to judge conditions - really tricky predict in detail over such a large and remote area.
The team use these reports and webcams at Halley to judge conditions - really tricky predict in detail over such a large and remote area.
To get to Halley Research Station, the team fly from Heathrow to Cape Town, then on to Wolf’s Fang camp.
This is where the team are now, waiting for a window of good weather so they can fly on to Halley, via Neumayer Research Station, run by the German Antarctic Programme.
This is where the team are now, waiting for a window of good weather so they can fly on to Halley, via Neumayer Research Station, run by the German Antarctic Programme.
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
To get to Halley Research Station, the team fly from Heathrow to Cape Town, then on to Wolf’s Fang camp.
This is where the team are now, waiting for a window of good weather so they can fly on to Halley, via Neumayer Research Station, run by the German Antarctic Programme.
This is where the team are now, waiting for a window of good weather so they can fly on to Halley, via Neumayer Research Station, run by the German Antarctic Programme.
We've got no other information for you or clever strategic link, we were just gleeful about the existence of this photo.
October 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We've got no other information for you or clever strategic link, we were just gleeful about the existence of this photo.
🌟 ‘Automated Detection of Antarctic Benthic Organisms to Aid Biodiversity Monitoring’ is by Cameron Trotter, Huw Griffiths, Tasnuva Ming Khan + Rowan Whittle.
It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
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It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...
Artificial Intelligence supercharges science on the Antarctic seafloor - British Antarctic Survey
Using the latest AI technology, scientists have dramatically sped up the process of detecting animals found in photographs and video taken of the seafloor.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🌟 ‘Automated Detection of Antarctic Benthic Organisms to Aid Biodiversity Monitoring’ is by Cameron Trotter, Huw Griffiths, Tasnuva Ming Khan + Rowan Whittle.
It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...
It was published at the Joint Workshop on Marine Vision, at the International Conference on Computer Vision ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/a...
Look at this one. Tell us how long it would take you to accurately label this by hand. AGES.
What's the hurry? ⏰ Most creatures in the Southern Ocean are adapted only for the cold.
We're racing against the clock to understand what animals live there and which species are at greatest risk.
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What's the hurry? ⏰ Most creatures in the Southern Ocean are adapted only for the cold.
We're racing against the clock to understand what animals live there and which species are at greatest risk.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Look at this one. Tell us how long it would take you to accurately label this by hand. AGES.
What's the hurry? ⏰ Most creatures in the Southern Ocean are adapted only for the cold.
We're racing against the clock to understand what animals live there and which species are at greatest risk.
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What's the hurry? ⏰ Most creatures in the Southern Ocean are adapted only for the cold.
We're racing against the clock to understand what animals live there and which species are at greatest risk.
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📣 Dr @camerontrotter.bsky.social explains:
"The images are packed full of weird and unusually shaped animals, often living on top of each other - some of which have never been seen before."
The team trained AI to identify seafloor creatures near Antarctica, like starfish, corals, and fish.
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"The images are packed full of weird and unusually shaped animals, often living on top of each other - some of which have never been seen before."
The team trained AI to identify seafloor creatures near Antarctica, like starfish, corals, and fish.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📣 Dr @camerontrotter.bsky.social explains:
"The images are packed full of weird and unusually shaped animals, often living on top of each other - some of which have never been seen before."
The team trained AI to identify seafloor creatures near Antarctica, like starfish, corals, and fish.
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"The images are packed full of weird and unusually shaped animals, often living on top of each other - some of which have never been seen before."
The team trained AI to identify seafloor creatures near Antarctica, like starfish, corals, and fish.
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🦐 POETS – Western Core Box (WCB): tracking krill populations at South Georgia, crucial for biodiversity and carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean
ITV spoke to our teams on the RRS Sir David Attenborough ahead of their departure - watch them here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/o...
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ITV spoke to our teams on the RRS Sir David Attenborough ahead of their departure - watch them here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/o...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🦐 POETS – Western Core Box (WCB): tracking krill populations at South Georgia, crucial for biodiversity and carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean
ITV spoke to our teams on the RRS Sir David Attenborough ahead of their departure - watch them here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/o...
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ITV spoke to our teams on the RRS Sir David Attenborough ahead of their departure - watch them here:
www.itv.com/watch/news/o...
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🧊 Thwaites Glacier: partnering with the Korean Polar Research Institute on a project to understand ice–ocean melt processes, in this fast-changing part of Antarctica
🔨 IRON-MAN: Investigating how iron and manganese control Southern Ocean productivity and carbon cycling
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🔨 IRON-MAN: Investigating how iron and manganese control Southern Ocean productivity and carbon cycling
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October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🧊 Thwaites Glacier: partnering with the Korean Polar Research Institute on a project to understand ice–ocean melt processes, in this fast-changing part of Antarctica
🔨 IRON-MAN: Investigating how iron and manganese control Southern Ocean productivity and carbon cycling
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🔨 IRON-MAN: Investigating how iron and manganese control Southern Ocean productivity and carbon cycling
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Major projects this season include...
🚢 POLOMINTS: studying how underwater waves mix ocean heat and nutrients, linking glacier calving to ocean circulation
⏪ REWIND: ice-core drilling to reconstruct 11,000 years of carbon exchange between the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere in high detail
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🚢 POLOMINTS: studying how underwater waves mix ocean heat and nutrients, linking glacier calving to ocean circulation
⏪ REWIND: ice-core drilling to reconstruct 11,000 years of carbon exchange between the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere in high detail
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October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Major projects this season include...
🚢 POLOMINTS: studying how underwater waves mix ocean heat and nutrients, linking glacier calving to ocean circulation
⏪ REWIND: ice-core drilling to reconstruct 11,000 years of carbon exchange between the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere in high detail
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🚢 POLOMINTS: studying how underwater waves mix ocean heat and nutrients, linking glacier calving to ocean circulation
⏪ REWIND: ice-core drilling to reconstruct 11,000 years of carbon exchange between the Southern Ocean and the atmosphere in high detail
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There's three zones to consider:
🌳 primary forest (not disturbed by people)
🪵 degraded forest (damaged/partly cut down)
🔥 areas affected by fires
The analysis will help us to understand the Amazon’s shifting role in the global climate cycle.
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🌳 primary forest (not disturbed by people)
🪵 degraded forest (damaged/partly cut down)
🔥 areas affected by fires
The analysis will help us to understand the Amazon’s shifting role in the global climate cycle.
Want more? climate.esa.int/en/supportin...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
There's three zones to consider:
🌳 primary forest (not disturbed by people)
🪵 degraded forest (damaged/partly cut down)
🔥 areas affected by fires
The analysis will help us to understand the Amazon’s shifting role in the global climate cycle.
Want more? climate.esa.int/en/supportin...
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🌳 primary forest (not disturbed by people)
🪵 degraded forest (damaged/partly cut down)
🔥 areas affected by fires
The analysis will help us to understand the Amazon’s shifting role in the global climate cycle.
Want more? climate.esa.int/en/supportin...
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But! There's a team of scientists from Brazil, the UK and Europe on the case to find out what's happening.
They are looking at the emissions patterns from inside the forest, from space, and sampling the atmosphere with a plane (that's us).
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They are looking at the emissions patterns from inside the forest, from space, and sampling the atmosphere with a plane (that's us).
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October 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
But! There's a team of scientists from Brazil, the UK and Europe on the case to find out what's happening.
They are looking at the emissions patterns from inside the forest, from space, and sampling the atmosphere with a plane (that's us).
🧵 3/4
They are looking at the emissions patterns from inside the forest, from space, and sampling the atmosphere with a plane (that's us).
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