NEWS

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.

Alarm Bells from the South

Over the last five years, Antarctica has seen an explosion of change, which has significant implications for Australia and the rest of the world. New extremes are emerging, including major heatwaves, record-low sea-ice extent and ice shelf collapses.

These are the alarm bells from the south...

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Fishing for a glacier's secrets

Fishing for
a glacier's
secrets

It’s an ice fishing trip like no other.

A five-metre long drill. More than a kilometre of line. On a glacier tongue over an unmapped ocean. The mission: to suspend a string of sensors under the ice that will monitor the temperature, salinity and currents of the ocean below, every hour for the next few years.

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How to drill an ice shelf — and why

How to drill
an ice shelf
— and why

Christmas Day 2023. While many of us are at the beach or around the barbie, a plucky team of four scientists and a polar field guide pitch their tents at what must be the world’s most remote campsite: the Shackleton ice shelf.

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Six ACEAS researchers secure prestigious ARC Future Fellowships

09 Sep 2026

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. […]

RINGS around Antarctica: global science team propose large-scale surveys of entire Antarctic coast

03 Sep 2026

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 […]

Antarctic sea-ice loss linked to declining productivity in the Southern Ocean

31 Aug 2026

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 […]