Our objective is to help communities prepare for climate risks emerging from East Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. We will do this by integrating knowledge of the region’s ocean, atmosphere, cryosphere, and ecosystems.

Annual
Report
2024

Denman
Marine
Voyage

The Denman Marine Voyage (DMV) will take more than 60 scientists to the Denman Glacier region for two months in late February, 2025

Science and technical teams will work closely with the ship’s crew across 24-hour shifts and use a range of methods - including bathymetry (sea floor mapping), rock and sediment sampling, sea-glider and mooring deployments, seal tagging and physical and chemical oceanography - to learn more about the factors influencing the glacier’s melt rate and its possible contribution to higher sea levels in future

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Professor Matt King is an oceanographer specialising in climate change and sea level change and is pictured at the waterfront, Hobart.

PIC: MATT THOMPSON

Why we can’t put Antarctic funding on ice

February 19, 2025

Why we can’t put Antarctic funding on ice Australia’s commitment to Antarctica needs to eliminate repeated short-term funding crises, writes Matt King. *The following is an opinion piece by ACEAS Director Professor Matt King, published first in the Mercury newspaper […]

Antarctic seafloor mission makes “astounding” discoveries

February 5, 2025

Antarctic seafloor mission makes “astounding” discoveries A team of international researchers on board New Zealand’s Ross Sea ‘ACTUATE’ Voyage 2025 is celebrating the discovery of vibrant, complex seafloor communities near the Ross Ice Shelf and Ross Island. The benthic ecology […]

The magic of magnetotellurics: imaging how deep Denman Glacier is and what lies far beneath

July 25, 2025

The magic of magnetotellurics: Imaging how deep Denman Glacier is and what lies far beneath For the second summer running, ACEAS geophysicist Dr Maria Costanza (Coti) Manassero is camped in the remote Bunger Hills in East Antarctica, about 450 kilometres […]

Glaciologist and geophysicist Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan is visiting from Pennsylvania State University.

Welcome to Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan

February 3, 2025

Welcome to Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan ACEAS is honoured to welcome a special guest over the coming months. Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan is with us from Pennsylvania, USA as a visiting Fulbright Scholar. His project is entitled ‘East meets West: integrating results […]

Successful mooring deployment to unlock deep secrets of glacier stability

January 29, 2025

Successful mooring deployment to unlock deep secrets of glacier stability The successful deployment of a deep-water mooring line in between the Scott and Denman Glaciers will feed back critical long-term data on the area’s warming waters, giving researchers new insights […]

New round of seal-borne observations to help fill knowledge gaps in key Antarctic region

July 24, 2025

New round of seal-borne observations to help fill knowledge gaps in key Antarctic region A […]

FishMIP workshop participants, Hobart CROP

“We are addressing a critical challenge”: the future of marine ecosystem modelling

July 23, 2025

“We are addressing a critical challenge”: the future of marine ecosystem modelling Marine ecosystem researchers […]

Introducing Dr Devsamridhi Arora

July 7, 2025

Introducing Dr Devsamridhi Arora ACEAS researchers recently welcomed a special guest from India’s Antarctic science […]

Now is not the time to put funding on ice

July 3, 2025

Now is not the time to put funding on ice – Australian Antarctic field programs […]

Interview transcript – Australia’s Antarctic science funding: the crisis is now

July 1, 2025

Interview transcript – Australia’s Antarctic science funding: the crisis is now “The crisis is this […]

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Denman
Terrestrial
Campaign

The Denman Terrestrial (land) Campaign runs from 2022 – 2025 and aims to increase our understanding of the Denman Glacier's history and stability through research projects staged from a deep field camp at Bunger Hills, about 450 kilometres from Casey research station

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