How elephant seals can help us understand a changing Southern Ocean Every year, thousands of elephant seals leave subantarctic islands and disappear into the vast Southern Ocean for months at a time. Out there – often thousands of kilometres from land – they dive continuously, hunting in the dark depths of one of the planet’s […]
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Where Antarctic science meets policy Two polar research programs led by the University of Tasmania have presented the most recent science from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean to around 80 policy makers from all tiers of government and the non-government sector. The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) and the Australian Antarctic Program
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The beloved emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal are now officially endangered. Here’s what can be done In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition: the first breeding colony of emperor penguins.
ACEAS investigators recognised with prestigious Australian Academy of Sciences 2026 Honorific Awards The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) congratulates two investigators who have been recognised with 2026 Honorific Awards from the Australian Academy of Sciences, celebrating excellence and leadership across the national scientific community. ACEAS Chief Investigator Dr Adele Morrison (Australian National
ACEAS Chief Investigator awarded Banks Medal by Royal Society of Tasmania Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) Chief Investigator, Associate Professor Dr Jacqueline Halpin from the University of Tasmania, has been awarded one of Tasmania’s most prestigious scientific honours, the Max R. Banks Medal, by the Royal Society of Tasmania. The medal recognises
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Seamap Antarctica opens new portal into Antarctic marine data Beneath Antarctica’s icy exterior is a hidden world that science is only beginning to understand. The seafloor, water masses and marine ecosystems of the Southern Ocean shape the Antarctic world above them – yet much of this system is hidden from view. Now a new digital
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‘MIZ-ing’ in action: how much of Antarctic sea ice is affected by waves? Using old satellite radar techniques, scientists have developed a new way of measuring the true extent of an under-studied and crucial region of the Antarctic sea-ice system for the first time. The Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) around Antarctica is the ‘outer edge’
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Marine biogeochemist Professor Philip Boyd honoured by Australian Academy of Science Professor Philip Boyd has been elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in recognition of his research, which has fundamentally advanced global understanding of the links between ocean processes, the carbon cycle and climate change. Professor Boyd is a marine biogeochemist in
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Endangered Antarctic fur seals reveal resilience – and hidden risks – in a changing ocean Circumpolar Antarctic fur seals may all look alike on the surface but new research shows they are anything but identical in how they survive in a rapidly changing ocean. A new study led by Dr Noémie Friscourt from the Institute
From flooding to ‘greening’ – how ocean waves contribute to the seasonal melting of Antarctic sea ice A possible ‘missing link’ in what drives the rapid melt back of Southern Ocean sea ice each summer has been identified in a new study by an international team, led by Australian Antarctic Program* scientists. Study leader Dr