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Climate drivers are behind Antarctic melt that caused recent sea level rise A team of researchers has revealed that climate variability—specifically the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Southern Annular Mode—played a significant role in the changes observed in the Antarctic Ice Sheet over the past 20 years. Professor Matt King, Director of the […]
OPPORTUNITIES The Centre is looking for 35 postdoctoral researchers and more than 20 PhD students. The current opportunities are listed below. The Centre is committed to establishing a diverse and supportive team-positions are generally open to applicants from both within Australia and overseas. Early career researchers (ECRs), including PhD students, will be supported by a […]
Past patterns of ice sheet melt reveal worrying clues for future sea level rise Researchers studying the climate of the Last Interglacial have discovered a co-dependent relationship between Antarctic ice sheet melt and ocean warming that reinforces itself. The findings suggest East Antarctica might be even more vulnerable today than scientists previously thought, with a […]
PROGRAM 1 Circum Antarctic and East Antarctic Because of sheer size, Antarctica and the Southern Ocean play a disproportionately important role in modulating global sea level and Earth’s carbon cycle. Incorporating outputs from the other programs, Program 1 will improve predictions of how sea level and the carbon cycle will be affected in the future […]
Polarstern heads south to uncover East Antarctic mysteries Dr Rachel Barrett (University of Kiel) with Dr Katharina Hochmuth aboard the RV Polarstern before its departure from Hobart. Image: Jodi Fox. February marked many momentous occasions for Antarctic science, including the first visit to Australia for the Alfred Wegner Institute’s RV Polarstern. A range of events […]
PROGRAM 2 Regional East Antarctic and its Provinces The imprint of anthropogenic climate change on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has revealed a pronounced asymmetry between West and East Antarctica, with distinct differences in air and sea-surface temperature, sea-ice changes, and ice shelf meltwater rates. This program will explore the causal linkages between the atmosphere, ocean, and […]
News from the Multidisciplinary Investigation of the Southern Ocean (MISO) voyage The ACEAS team aboard the RV Investigator for the MISO voyage (from left to right: PhD Talitha Nelson, PhD Julia Neme, PhD Anita Butterley, Dr. Kaihe Yamazaki, Dr. Thomas Williams, Dr. Pauline Latour). Image: supplied. Six ACEAS researchers are currently on 2-month voyage, travelling […]
PROGRAM 3 Sub-regional and Regional Antarctic Margins This Program will focus on understanding the response of the ice sheet and climate system to climate change for areas understood to be vulnerable to rapid deglaciation. The Program will focus on integration knowledge gained from the ice-sheet accumulation basins to continental shelf break. We will use existing […]
Melting from below: explaining the complex nature of ice sheet dynamics and geology to kids and tweens The article frames the abstract on ice sheet dynamics into understandable language and relatable problems. Image: ‘Geothermal Heat Shapes the Antarctic Ice Sheet From Below‘ in Frontiers for Young Minds. There is a deep, unexplored landscape beneath the […]