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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ACEAS in Vienna

May 20, 2024

ACEAS in Vienna Four ACEAS researchers attended the General Assembly 2024 of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) last month in Vienna from 14–19 April. In amongst the 18,896 presentations given across 1,044 sessions: The annual EGU General Assembly is Europe’s […]

Windblown dust from land boosts productivity in the Southern Ocean

May 16, 2024

Windblown dust from land boosts productivity in the Southern Ocean A ground-breaking study led by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes in collaboration with ACEAS, the University of Tasmania and CSIRO estimates that windblown dust from continents fuels […]

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Breaking ice and visiting volcanoes

April 25, 2024

Breaking ice and visiting volcanoes A wrap-up of the EASI-3 RV Polarstern voyage: East Antarctic Ice Sheet instability and its interaction with changes in the Southern Ocean By Katharina Hochmuth “Almost 42 years old and RV Polarstern is still up […]

MISO investigates how the Southern Ocean is responding to climate change

March 17, 2024

MISO investigates how the Southern Ocean is responding to climate change The recently returned MISO voyage (Multidisciplinary Investigations of the Southern Ocean) was a 2-month journey along the edge of Antarctica on the RV Investigator. The scientists on-board gathered one […]

Good things don’t come in threes for Antarctic sea ice

February 26, 2024

Good things don’t come in threes for Antarctic sea ice As this month marks the third consecutive summer with extremely low sea-ice cover around Antarctica, new statistical research points to fundamental changes taking place in the polar Southern Ocean. Antarctic […]

Researchers standing on the Denman Glacier as part of the Denman Terrestrial Campaign

ACEAS researchers awarded ARC Discovery Project grant to unlock East Antarctica’s secrets

November 14, 2025

Associate Professor Jacqui Halpin and Dr Jacob Mulder standing on the Denman Glacier during the […]

ACEAS Research Forum 2025: a national gathering of Antarctic science excellence

November 10, 2025

ACEAS Research Forum 2025: a national gathering of Antarctic science excellence More than 140 researchers […]

Shackleton Ice Shelf in East Antarctica | Credit: Pete Harmsen / AAD

Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections

October 30, 2025

Overlooked melting in East Antarctica could skew sea level rise projections New research into how […]

Microscopic Antarctic phytoplankton form the base of the marine food web | Image credit: Rachel Meyne

Microscopic shifts, global stakes – how Antarctic sea ice loss is disrupting ocean ecosystems

October 14, 2025

Microscopic shifts, global stakes – how Antarctic sea ice loss is disrupting ocean ecosystems A […]

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them

September 22, 2025

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll […]

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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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