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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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ACEAS scientists contribute to UN-backed report warning of long-term impacts from climate overshoot

09 Nov 2026

ACEAS scientists contribute to UN-backed report warning of long-term impacts from climate overshoot Two ACEAS Chief Investigators, Professor Matthew England and Dr Chen Zhao, are co-authors of a major new United Nations-backed report warning that exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C warming target, even temporarily, could trigger irreversible changes across Earth’s frozen regions, with consequences lasting […]

The deep ocean’s protection against warming started to change in 2016. Nobody knows what happens now

29 Oct 2026

Sea Ice pancakes in the Southern Ocean as captured in a recent expedition in early 2026. Image credits: Alberto C Naveira Grabato The deep ocean’s protection against warming started to change in 2016. Nobody knows what happens now Every southern spring and summer, sea ice around Antarctica melts with the change of season. The melt injects […]

International scientists call for urgent research into Antarctica’s last great unknown

30 Sep 2026

International scientists call for urgent research into Antarctica’s last great unknown A region of Antarctica with one of the greatest potential contributions to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least scientifically understood and explored. A major new global review paper is calling for a coordinated global campaign to study East Antarctica’s […]