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Revealing the Underbelly: Antarctic Under-Ice Ocean The Southern Ocean plays a vital role in regulating Earth’s climate, yet its icy depths have long remained shrouded in mystery. Now, a groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans (JGR Oceans) has provided a new observation-based dataset that sheds light on this hidden world, including during […]

Melting at the fringes When it comes to melting ice, the process in the oceans isn’t as straightforward as it is in a glass of water. In a new review, scientists reveal the multitude of ocean processes that contribute to ice shelf melt. The combined effect of these processes will determine future climate and sea-level

Successful mooring deployment to unlock deep secrets of glacier stability The successful deployment of a deep-water mooring line in between the Scott and Denman Glaciers will feed back critical long-term data on the area’s warming waters, giving researchers new insights into the drivers of potential ice melt. In a breakthrough moment of the Denman Terrestrial

Welcome to Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan ACEAS is honoured to welcome a special guest over the coming months. Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan is with us from Pennsylvania, USA as a visiting Fulbright Scholar. His project is entitled ‘East meets West: integrating results from recent research in East and West Antarctica.’ We caught up with Professor Anandakrishnan to

Antarctic seafloor mission makes “astounding” discoveries A team of international researchers on board New Zealand’s Ross Sea ‘ACTUATE’ Voyage 2025 is celebrating the discovery of vibrant, complex seafloor communities near the Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Island. The benthic ecology team on board NIWA’s RV Tangaroa, includes University of Tasmania marine ecologist/ACEAS Chief Investigator Dr

Why we can’t put Antarctic funding on ice Australia’s commitment to Antarctica needs to eliminate repeated short-term funding crises, writes Matt King. *The following is an opinion piece by ACEAS Director Professor Matt King, published first in the Mercury newspaper on Wednesday 19 February, 2025 The departure of RSV Nuyina on its maiden science voyage

“The key question is what’s driving the changes we’re seeing?”: Research voyage heads to Denman Glacier It’s RSV Nuyina‘s first dedicated marine science voyage and the first time scientists working with the Australian Antarctic Program have had the opportunity to study the Denman Glacier, in East Antarctica, from the sea. The Denman has retreated 5km in

Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound Authors: Taimoor Sohail, The University of Melbourne and Bishakhdatta Gayen, The University of Melbourne *This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. — Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Denman Marine Voyage: long-term vision now a reality Accessing the vast and remote Denman Glacier system in Australian territory in East Antarctica by ocean is a monumental task, and after many years of planning and collaboration it’s now a reality. The Denman Marine Voyage (DMV) – the maiden marine science voyage of RSV Nuyina –