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Bonner Lab

@Bonner_Lab

Bonner Laboratory operated by @BAS_news at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica. Terrestrial+marine research/25years of Scientific diving/Outstanding science

 Rothera, Antarctica
bas.ac.uk
Joined October 2021
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Congrats to Dr Ella Gilbert, a climate modeller at BAS, who has won the 2022 Emerging Communicator Award from @RMetS 🏆 Ella's a prolific climate science communicator and can regularly be spotted on TV news and on her own socials as @Dr_Gilbz 💪 ow.ly/Lx0E50Pg4FJ
Ella pictured looking at samples whilst on a field visit as part of the documentary Lift the Ice

ALT Ella pictured looking at samples whilst on a field visit as part of the documentary Lift the Ice

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Amazing to see our paper published and fully open access for the world to see! Thanks to the illustrious @KRHendry for excellent leadership and the rest of the star-studded team for all contributions to the flotilla!
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Last week we came across a non native, drifting bull kelp (Durvillea) in Ryder Bay @BAS_News Rafts can transport other non native species to the continent. We found open water goose barnacles (Lepas australis). These are not a threat but harmful invaders can also hitch a ride
Image from Emma Stuart (@EmmajStuart)
Image from Emma Stuart (@EmmajStuart)
Image from Emma Stuart (@EmmajStuart)
Image from Emma Stuart (@EmmajStuart)
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The Dash on it's second flight back north this season. The Dash will fly the Punta Arenas to Rothera leg over 30 times this year bringing support staff and scientists onto the continent. It'll also do some supply runs to Sky Blu and conduct Aero Surveys. @BAS_News
Image from Matt Hughes (@Hughes_Matt)
Image from Matt Hughes (@Hughes_Matt)
Image from Matt Hughes (@Hughes_Matt)
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Early career researchers: want to gain experience of living and working in the polar regions? Apply for our short training course: An Introduction to Polar Fieldwork for Early Career Researchers. Open to recipients of @NERCscience & @UKRI_News funding bas.ac.uk/science/science-an…
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Tom captured this gorgeous photo while working at Rothera Research Station with BAS 😍 His photo is on the shortlist for the Royal Meteorological Society's Weather Photographer of the Year (but hurry if you'd like to vote - you've got until midnight!)
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Thomas Chitson captured this sun halo whilst out Nordic skiing in Antarctica Haloes around the ☀️ or 🌙 occur when the light is refracted or reflected by ice crystals, normally found in high cirrus or cirrostratus ☁️ Vote here 👇 rmets.org/weather-photograph… #WPotYVote @accuweather
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Great to see @Elise_Droste13 showing the latest results from #Rothera #Antarctica on air-sea #CO2 fluxes & #carbon cycling at @ORCHESTRAPROJ @RoSES_ocean science meeting in Norwich! Great work Elise, looking forward to chatting more over coffee! @ueaenv @Bonner_Lab @BAS_News
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I think this may be the best conference view that I will ever experience #ukirsc22 @UKIRSC_SMM
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12 Days of #Christmas 🎁 Our most read news stories of 2021! On the 5th Day of Christmas...'Construction starts at UK’s largest #Antarctic research hub' (11 Jan) Read here: bas.ac.uk/media-post/constru… 📷 Construction team clearing snow (Jan 2021)
Two people clearing snow from a doorway.

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#DYK you can explore #RRSSirDavidAttenborough from home on your computer or smartphone? Take a look! virtualsda.bas.ac.uk/ @NERCscience @hiimpactLD @hiimpactmedia_
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The Bonner Lab at #Rothera has state-of-the-art research facilities & an aquarium and dive facility. Follow the latest marine science updates @Bonner_Lab this season, and learn more about their work here: bas.ac.uk/polar-operations/s… 📸 Rowan Whittle
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A wonderful sight this morning of #RRSSirDavidAttenborough which arrived in the #Falklands early hours this morning, completing the first leg of its voyage to #Antarctica.
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"It's not the earth and planetary systems that need saving. It's us as humans." Marine biologist Nadia Frontier on the most important issue I have reported on - and the most important programme; on Monday 7pm Channel 4 News reports from every continent.
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Antarctic enthusiasts at home and school, it’s time to get excited about #AntarcticaMonth! Build your own #glacier, #AskAScientist your cool questions, and explore a HUGE range of educational materials on the @GlacierThwaites site: thwaitesglacier.org/news/ant… @NERCscience @NSF
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Seafloor community sketch from my trip to Antarctica in 2019... this is nto a composite image, the seafloor coverage really was this dense in life...
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Happy #AntarcticaDay 2021! Today we celebrate the #AntarcticTreaty, preserving and protecting the continent devoted to peace and science, signed on 1 December 1959. Explore details of the 1959 Treaty here: bas.ac.uk/about/antarctica/t… 📸 Flags of Antarctic Treaty signatories.
Flags of the 49 nations currently signed up to the Antarctic Treaty, with the original 12 signatories on inner circle

ALT Flags of the 49 nations currently signed up to the Antarctic Treaty, with the original 12 signatories on inner circle

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Antarctica calling! Marine Biologist Nadia Frontier at #Rothera Research Station is currently live with Sky News on Instagram. Join here: instagram.com/skynews/live/1… #GenderDay #COP26 #TogetherForOurPlanet #Antarctica
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The BAS and @wwf_uk team are in the Planetarium at #COP26 until 12 November to tell us all about #WalrusFromSpace citizen science project! Details of dates and times here: bas.ac.uk/event/cop26-walrus… (Tickets still available to attend Green Zone in person!) #TogetherForOurPlanet
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Celebrate Polar Pride and #LGBTQSTEMDay with the global polar community on 18 November 2021 - Let's make this year's #PolarPride even bigger than the first! #DiversityInPolarScience #LGBTQ+ @UKPolarNetwork @FCDOGovUK @GovBAT @GovSGSSI @UKRI_News @griffiths_huw @geosoros
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Coming up to the #ThamesBarrier! The #RRSSirDavidAttenborough arrives in #London for #IceWorldsGreenwich festival of #science and #engineering (28-30 October, ahead of #COP26). @RMGreenwich @NERCscience
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