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.
The longest story ever pulled from the seafloor on the RV Investigator By Dr Linda Armbrecht, Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science/Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU Sediment lying beneath the ocean floor acts like a natural archive. Layer by layer, fine grains and pieces of rock […]
Listening to the deep: how sound maps the seabed By Laura De Santis, Senior Scientist (National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics OGS, Trieste, Italy) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU The seafloor in the region surrounding the Antarctic continent is not flat and uninteresting; rather, it is characterised by distinctive bedforms – wave-like features made of […]
What’s the big deal about sedimentary ancient DNA? By Ana Gomes, Research Fellow, NORCE/Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU Most people don’t get excited about mud – but for us, there is nothing more satisfying than a long, continuous, and well-preserved sediment core. What looks like ordinary mud is actually a layered […]