Sediment coring: examining an ancient ‘layer cake’ By Dr Taryn Noble Deep-sea sediment cores have been collected during the Denman Marine Voyage, a first for the RSV Nuyina. These sediments contain a rich record of Antarctic climate change going back hundreds to thousands of years in the past. We are very selective about where we […]
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All part of the process: biology meets chemistry off an ice shelf By Delphine Lannuzel and Pauline Latour, with the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) During the Denman Marine Voyage, we’re combining biology and biogeochemistry to study phytoplankton either side of the Denman Glacier and the Shackleton Ice Shelf. We’re investigating why the west is
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Satellite observing breakthrough for monitoring the movement of Antarctic dense water Ocean modelling researchers have discovered a reliable and long-term new method to capture the formation and export of dense water around the Antarctic coast. Dense water is formed as sea ice freezes, producing vast amounts of salty water that sinks. Being able to monitor
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Tiny but mighty: microscopic algae to the rescue By Pauline Latour, Matthew Corkill, Katie Nawrath, Talitha Nelson, Jakob Weis and Delphine Lannuzel Aboard RSV Nuyina, we’ve travelled through the icy waters along the Denman Glacier and Shackleton Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. Among the amazing science projects, our team’s objective is to study phytoplankton, which
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Outreach from the bottom of the world By Neve Clippingdale I have always loved science communication. There is just nothing better than being able to share your enthusiasm for something and seeing someone else become equally excited about it! So when ACEAS offered me the opportunity to become the Outreach Coordinator on the 2025 Denman
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Study of ancient collision zone reveals origins of enormous hidden mountain range in East Antarctica Australian researchers have discovered how a large mountain chain resembling the European Alps and buried deep below the East Antarctic ice sheet, grew and partly collapsed more than half a billion years ago. Formed by an ancient collision of two
From East Antarctica to the world: outreach program goes global A young, talented and diverse group of Antarctic researchers working in the field alongside some of the sector’s research veterans was a hallmark of the Denman Marine Voyage (DMV). The two month-long voyage to the largely unexplored Denman Glacier and Shackleton Ice Shelf region of
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Antarctic ice melt to drastically alter the structure of key Antarctic current, new research finds Antarctica’s “last oceanic defence” could be transformed by the melting of the very ice it shields, according to a ground-breaking new study. Published in Geophysical Research Letters, the study predicts the melting of Antarctic ice through climate change will alter
Interview transcript – Australia’s Antarctic science funding: the crisis is now “The crisis is this year, it’s right now. That’s the conversation we’re trying to get across with our elected officials.” – ACEAS Director, Professor Matt King speaking with ABC Hobart’s David Reilly. *The following is a transcript of a radio interview on ABC Hobart’s
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Now is not the time to put funding on ice – Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception, writes Matt King. *The following is an opinion piece by ACEAS Director Professor Matt King, published first in the Mercury newspaper on Thursday 3 July, 2025 — When Australia’s new icebreaker,
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