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.
‘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 […]
Leading from the front: women shaping Antarctic science on the COOKIES voyage By Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU and Dr Linda Armbrecht, ACEAS/IMAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctica, the Southern Ocean and marine expeditions were once territories where women were excluded by tradition, superstition (bad luck), and systemic barriers. Today, that history is being actively rewritten through leadership, […]