ACEAS outgoing Director, Professor Matt King Farewell to ACEAS Director, Professor Matt King July marks a significant milestone for ACEAS as we farewell our inaugural Director, Professor Matt King from the University of Tasmania, who has led the Centre since its establishment in 2021. Over the past five years, Professor King has played a pivotal role
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First Denman Glacier campaign findings challenge assumptions about glacier’s hidden depths A team of Australian and international researchers have published the first peer-reviewed research paper from the landmark Denman Terrestrial Campaign, offering an unprecedented glimpse beneath one of Antarctica’s most important and least understood glaciers. The study, led by Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic
Antarctic science shapes Australia’s future, say scientists More than 400 polar experts from Australia and around the world have gathered at the University of Tasmania this week for the Australian Antarctic Research Conference (AARC), as Antarctica and the Southern Ocean undergo rapid environmental change. The conference brings together research from sea ice and biodiversity to
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Antarctic sea-ice loss linked to declining productivity in the Southern Ocean New research by two scientists from the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) suggests that recent Antarctic sea-ice losses may be responsible for lower phytoplankton biomass in parts of the Southern Ocean the following year, with potential implications for marine food webs
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RINGS around Antarctica: global science team propose large-scale surveys of entire Antarctic coast Australian Antarctic scientists are part of a bold international plan to target the knowledge gaps that prevent reliable predictions about future sea-level rise. A new community-led scientific review proposes geophysical surveys of the entire Antarctic coastal region with three circumpolar rings around
Six ACEAS researchers secure prestigious ARC Future Fellowships Six researchers from the Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) have been awarded prestigious Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowships, securing funding to advance new knowledge and expertise in Antarctic ice-sheet change, Southern Ocean heat and carbon storage, sea-ice decline, paleoclimate reconstruction, and Antarctic governance.
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