Professor Jane Francis has been appointed as the new Director of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Chief Executive of the Natural Environment Research Council, Duncan Wingham said, “I am delighted to have Jane Francis join NERC as the new Director of the British Antarctic Survey. She joins us at a time in which our need [...]
NASA’s Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore the Earth’s radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies on Thursday 30 August 2012 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. As NASA’s UK Co-investigator the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is involved in the particle instrument part of the mission. Professor Richard [...]
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NERC is considering a merger of the scientific and logistics management of marine and polar science delivered through its National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and British Antarctic Survey (BAS). A marine and polar headquarters would deliver a single management function whilst retaining the identity of the existing centres as component parts. All the existing BAS [...]
Every two years the NERC UK/European Moorings Group holds a workshop to discuss developments in the field of scientific moorings. Following on from RS Aqua sponsorship of the 5th meeting at the NOC Southampton in 2010, the company is again sponsoring this most informative gathering. RS Aqua’s lead sponsorship is supported by MetOcean Data Systems [...]
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