Read the latest ACEAS news as we seek to uncover the mysteries of East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and better understand emerging climate risks.
Leading from the front: women shaping Antarctic science on the COOKIES voyage By Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU and Dr Linda Armbrecht, ACEAS/IMAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctica, the Southern Ocean and marine expeditions were once territories where women were excluded by tradition, superstition (bad luck), and systemic barriers. Today, that history is being actively rewritten through leadership, […]
Southern Ocean may store less carbon than climate models assume New research led by ACEAS PhD researcher Annika Oetjens and colleagues at the University of Tasmania reveals that the Southern Ocean may be storing less carbon than climate models assume – with important implications for future climate projections. The Southern Ocean plays an outsized role […]
Global circulation and the humble CTD By Izzy White, University of Southampton (England) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU The world has five ocean basins: Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, and Southern with the Atlantic and Pacific basins divided again into Northern and Southern parts. Figure 1: Diagram of the major ocean basins and their gyres. Source: https://oceaninfo.com/list/ocean-currents/ […]