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.

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.

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.

Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond

25 Mar 2022

Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond NASA Shane Keating, UNSW Sydney and Clare Kenyon, The University of Melbourne Want to go to space? It could cost you. This month, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will make the first fully-private, crewed flight to the International Space Station. The going price for […]

Study exposes role of sea ice in protecting Antarctic coast

04 Mar 2022

Study exposes role of sea ice in protecting Antarctic coast A new method for detecting and monitoring change in the exposure of the Antarctic coastline to the dynamic Southern Ocean, due to changing sea-ice distribution, could improve environmental monitoring and modelling of Antarctic ice loss and sea level rise. For the first time, Dr Phil […]

Scientists working near a rocky outcrop in Antarctica

Unravelling the moving mysteries of Antarctica

04 Mar 2022

Unravelling the moving mysteries of Antarctica Scientists are exploring a new method to uncover details of the changes occurring in the mysterious landscapes of East Antarctica—changes that will affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people across the planet. Researchers from the newly-formed ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), based at […]

Seasonal Newsletters

Read the latest ACEAS Seasonal newsletters as we seek to uncover the mysteries of East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and better understand emerging climate risks.