Antarctic ice melt to drastically alter the structure of key Antarctic current, new research finds Antarctica’s “last oceanic defence” could be transformed by the melting of the very ice it shields, according to a ground-breaking new study. Published in Geophysical Research Letters, the study predicts the melting of Antarctic ice through climate change will alter […]

From East Antarctica to the world: outreach program goes global A young, talented and diverse group of Antarctic researchers working in the field alongside some of the sector’s research veterans was a hallmark of the Denman Marine Voyage (DMV). The two month-long voyage to the largely unexplored Denman Glacier and Shackleton Ice Shelf region of […]

Study of ancient collision zone reveals origins of enormous hidden mountain range in East Antarctica Australian researchers have discovered how a large mountain chain resembling the European Alps and buried deep below the East Antarctic ice sheet, grew and partly collapsed more than half a billion years ago. Formed by an ancient collision of two […]