Scientists detect sudden loss of large Antarctic lake
Media Release: Scientists in Australia and the United States are reporting the sudden loss of a large ice-covered Antarctic lake which held more water than Sydney Harbour.
PhD Opportunities at AAPP
The Australian Antarctic Program Partnership is now offering exciting PhD research projects, based at the University of Tasmania in Hobart.
Scientists capture detailed snapshot of Southern Ocean’s role in carbon uptake
Australian researchers today returned from a six-week marine science voyage investigating the critical role of ocean life in capturing atmospheric carbon.
Welcome Aboard SOLACE: Voyage Blog
The Southern Ocean Large Areal Carbon Export voyage is now underway, aboard Australia’s RV Investigator.
Stranger than Science Fiction: Images from PLAOS
A test deployment of our profiling lagrangian acoustic optical system (PLAOS), has revealed some of the treasures which lurk below the ocean’s surface.
‘It’s exciting to finally get going’: ABC interview with Philip Boyd
‘It’s exciting to finally get going’: ABC interview with Philip Boyd Chief Scientist on board the SOLACE voyage, Professor Philip Boyd, speaks with Leon Compton from ABC Radio’s Statewide Mornings program.
Robot fleet dives for climate answers in ‘marine snow’
A fleet of new-generation, deep-diving ocean robots will be deployed in the Southern Ocean, in a major study of how marine life acts as a handbrake on global warming.
Welcome aboard SOLACE!
Welcome aboard SOLACE The Southern Ocean Large Areal Carbon Export (SOLACE) voyage has the following objectives. Improve water column measurement of the downward export flux of carbon of the biological pump using an integrated suite of new technological advances – from particle decomposition to mesopelagic vertical migrations. Integrate these improved estimates of the functioning of …
Antarctic ice cores are reshaping Australia’s climate assumptions
From Antarctic ice, a new understanding of drought & flood risk in Australia
The powerful but puzzling role of Southern Ocean clouds
Atmospheric research by the AAPP is helping to address urgent questions about the role of Southern Ocean clouds in the Earth’s changing climate.
