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.
Science and art meet in the Southern Ocean By Luca Magri, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies/University of Tasmania and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU The Southern Ocean is an immense water mass. The way it moves directly affects how other water masses circulate all around the globe, shaping the resulting climate systems from the tropics to […]
‘Pass the pool noodle’: the ordinary items doing extraordinary things for science at sea By Lucinda Duxbury, IMAS/ACEAS (University of Tasmania) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU ‘Who’s seen the toothpicks?’ ‘Pass the pool noodle.’ From what we’re saying, you wouldn’t guess we’re in a floating lab in East Antarctica. And no, the pool noodles aren’t […]
The invisible engineers of the Southern Ocean: a story from a drop of seawater By Amaranta Focardi, University of Technology Sydney, and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU Did you know that a single drop of seawater can contain millions of microbes? Much like the miniature universe hidden inside a marble in Men in Black, an entire world […]