Mind the gaps: marine zooplankton futures in a warming world
A global review about the impacts of warming oceans on marine zooplankton is published in Nature Communications.
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Antarctic science leader awarded Order of Australia
Prof Tony Press honoured for distinguished service to the environment
Trail-blazing tractor trains on track for million-year-old ice site
MEDIA RELEASE: The first traverse for the Million Year Ice Core project is well advanced in proving a route for ambitious climate research in the coming years.
Antarctica’s emperor penguins could be extinct by 2100 – and other species may follow if we don’t act
Greater conservation efforts are needed to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and the populations of up to 97% of land-based Antarctic species could decline by 2100 if we don’t change tack, new research has found.
SWOT team zooms in on Southern Ocean from space
MEDIA RELEASE: An advanced new satellite to observe water on Earth in unprecedented resolution promises to revolutionise Australian research in the Southern Ocean.
Key Antarctic research awarded ARC Discovery grants
MEDIA RELEASE: Innovative research on Southern Ocean productivity and sea ice by the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) will be advanced with three Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery projects.
Antarctic marine life under pressure
The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) convened in Hobart, Tasmania, during October 2022 to examine the state of marine life in the Southern Ocean. Professor Bettina Meyer (AWI) and Dr So Kawaguchi (AAD) published a Science editorial stressing the need for a new krill management strategy at the Antarctic Peninsula to ensure the balance of the Southern Ocean ecosystem.
PhD Opportunities at AAPP
The Australian Antarctic Program Partnership is now offering exciting PhD research projects, based at the University of Tasmania in Hobart.
Krill research voyage ends in success
Media Release: The Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) has welcomed the successful completion of a major krill research voyage into the Southern Ocean.
Supercomputers simulate Antarctic ice shelf melting
High-powered physics and supercomputers are helping a team of Australian-based scientists explore the mysterious boundary between Antarctic ice and the Southern Ocean.
