1️⃣🌊 Using a high-resolution ocean model to simulate the currents around the Denman-Shackleton ice-shelf system, @yuhangocean.bsky.social and colleagues make an important shift in how we think about ocean-driven melting in East #Antarctica. ▶️ aappartnership.org.au/melting-from...

Melting from the top: ice shelf vulnerable to warm surface waters - AAPP

Modelling shows summer-warmed surface waters are the primary cause of melt in the Denman-Shackleton ice shelf system

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🌏 Better models = better climate predictions. A new paper led by ACEAS PhD researcher Claire Yung (ANU) shows how a refined equation used in ocean models can significantly improve the accuracy of Antarctic ice shelf melt predictions. ➡️ antarctic.org.au/new-model-co...

New model correction improves predictions of Antarctic ice shelf melt - ACEAS

A new study led by ACEAS PhD researcher Claire Yung from ANU introduces a correction to ocean models that could significantly improve global sea-level rise predictions from Antarctic ice shelf melt.

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I went to FRISP last month, my first international conference and so worth the long trip! I came back inspired to dive back into my research. Big thanks to Anna Wåhlin for hosting me (including a fun field trip to beautiful Bornö) and to IMAS travel scheme and AAPP for the support from home!

🌊 After more than 50 days away, the shipload of science aka the Denman Marine Voyage on RSV Nuyina has left the sea ice and is heading for home. (* there's always one in shorts! 😆) Follow what the #DMV has been doing at aappartnership.org.au/DMV/ 📸 Pete Harmsen/AAD

🌊 Like weather stations for the sea, the Denman Marine Voyage #DMV has installed three moorings off the ice shelf in East #Antarctica, to monitor ocean heat for the next few years before we come back to get them. From RSV Nuyina ▶️ aappartnership.org.au/moorings-sen... 📸 P Harmsen, L West/AAD

Moorings: Sentinels to monitor ocean heat when we’re not there - AAPP

Like weather stations for the sea, the Denman Marine Voyage has installed three moorings off the ice shelf to monitor ocean heat

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🌊 𝙒𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙫𝙨 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙞𝙘𝙚 Spectacular vision of the Denman Glacier and Shackleton Ice Shelf, from the current #science voyage of icebreaker RSV Nuyina to East #Antarctica. #DMV video ▶️ youtu.be/H92Tj3gZCqg @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social | @utas.edu.au | @arcsaef.bsky.social

Warming ocean vs Antarctic ice

YouTube video by Australian Antarctic Program Partnership

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Check out what our dream team has done so far during the Denman voyage 🌊!!

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🪩 Our #DMV team has done the CTD dance more than 60 times so far in the Denman Marine Voyage. What does the CTD tell us? (hint: it stands for🧂Conductivity 🌡️Temperature 📏Depth). Check out the voyage blog ➡️ aappartnership.org.au/diving-deep-...

Day 33: 🥞🍮🧁🐳….

Day 26: Every day is a day to celebrate! Mar 21st is the World Glacier, World Poetry and French Bread Day. We celebrated all of them — learning the word “poem” in different languages (including Australian 😉), reciting poetry, writing glacier versions (ACEAS story) and eating French bread 🥖

Day 21: 🧊 #DMV

Day 16: The icebreaker is now breaking the ice!! #DMV

Day 15: Some ups and downs, but we have a good starting point 💪 Benoit, Kaihe and crew successfully deploy the EM-APEX float with the help from different groups! I got the best spot to watch and successfully captured their smiling faces 😊 #DMV

Day 10: Heaps of 🐋 (humpback) came to visit us too :)

Day 10: We tested the mooring sensors using a very old-fashioned way—radio. If the sensor was awake, we’d hear it sing with a bi-bi-bi sound over the radio. It was really fun, but we had to set an alarm to catch them; otherwise, we’d have to wait another half hour for the next signal. #DMV

Day 0: I’m thrilled to receive so many gifts, even though I have to return a large portion of them 🥰 🧦 ✖️ 4 🧤 ✖️ 8 ….. #DMV

I was hesitant about downloading yet another APP, but I’m surprised by the science party here. Hello Bluesky🌻! I’m here to share my voyage diary 🚢