RESEARCH STORIES

Science and research activities by the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership to explore the role of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the global climate system

Antarctic science meets policy

By AAPP | 10/04/2026

Communicating the importance of rapid changes in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean for Australian policy and the world

Antarctic atmospheric aerosols: tiny particles with global effects

By AAPP | 09/07/2025

Why it’s important to understand clouds over the Southern Ocean

Securing Antarctic research: the ’roundabouts’ of science funding

By AAPP | 29/06/2025

Opinion piece by Prof Nathan Bindoff on the need for change to the system of funding Australian polar research

Royal Society of Tasmania medal for sea-ice researcher

By AAPP | 20/06/2025

AAPP researcher wins prestigious award

Uncovering cadmium in the Southern Ocean

By AAPP | 21/05/2025

On the trail of cadmium from Western Australia to Antarctica

Southern Ocean Time Series: Caring for your sediment trap

By AAPP | 09/04/2025

A behind-the-scenes look at how sediment traps are prepared for a year in the deep ocean

Antarctica’s hidden water flows are accelerating sea-level rise

By AAPP | 08/04/2025

Hidden water flowing beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet plays a much bigger role in ice loss than current models assume

Teaching opportunities for PhD students through international collaboration

By AAPP | 27/02/2025

Two AAPP PhD students travel from Western Australia to New Zealand on a German research vessel

First marine science voyage to probe vulnerable Antarctic glacier

By AAPP | 21/02/2025

A two-month mission exploring the Denman Glacier region about 5,000 kilometres south of Australia

Tracing the pathways of warmer waters melting ice shelves

By AAPP | 13/02/2025

Join our scientists in East Antarctica as they explore underneath a floating ice shelf with a power tool, a long drill, lots of line — and plenty of stamina.