🌊 "A robot is cruising beneath #Antarctic sea ice. Another is bolted to the face of a collapsing Greenland glacier. A third is silently counting penguins on a remote, windswept beach. None of them has a human operator nearby." — @bas.ac.uk ▶️ www.bas.ac.uk/news/the-ris...

The rise of the robots: how autonomous vehicles are transforming polar science - British Antarctic Survey

Underwater, on the surface and in the air, robots are gathering data about our frozen planet – changing what is possible for polar science.

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The Holocene (the past 12,000 years) has been a uniquely stable period for the climate, with global average temperatures at 14 degrees celsius, varying by only 0.5 degrees. Johan Rockström explains how today, human activity is the dominant force for change on Earth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rphp...

New study of Antarctic landfast ice charts dramatic crash The first-ever broad review of Antarctic ‘landfast’ ice highlights its far-reaching importance in the Earth system while documenting a recent...

New study of Antarctic landfast ice charts dramatic crash

The first-ever broad review of Antarctic ‘landfast’ ice highlights its far-reaching importance in the Earth system while documenting a recent dramatic crash in its extent.

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🌊 ANTARCTIC SCIENCE, AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE The exciting program for #AARC26 is out, with more than 300 people coming to our national conference in August. There are still places available if you'd like to attend. Registrations close 28 July. Program ▶️ leishman-aarc-2026.eventsairsite.com/program

🌊 New Antarctic research shows the deepest layer of the Southern Ocean – Antarctic Bottom Water, or AABW – is shrinking faster than scientists realised, with the rate of change accelerating over the past decade. This is important because we all depend on it. ▶️ aappartnership.org.au/antarctic-ch...

Antarctic change drives slowdown of global ocean circulation - AAPP

Deepest layer of the Southern Ocean is shrinking faster with accelerated change

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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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“Exclamation point”: Ice-shelf collapse signals East Antarctic instability Was the collapse of the Conger-Glenzer ice shelf in 2022 an early warning sign for East...

“Exclamation point”: Ice-shelf collapse signals East Antarctic instability

Was the collapse of the Conger-Glenzer ice shelf in 2022 an early warning sign for East Antarctica?

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CLIMATE CHANGE ATTRIBUTION: "the first study to directly attribute the changes of a major Antarctic outlet glacier to the activities of humans." More than 1/3 of ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is from Pine Island Glacier, one of the single biggest contributors to global sea level rise.

🌊 Deadline extended to 12 July

Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)@soosocean.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌊 Help shape the future of observing in the Ross Sea! SOOS is seeking new members for the Ross Sea RWG Leadership Team. Join a global community working to strengthen coordination, collaboration & observations in this key Southern Ocean region. 🗓️ Nominations close 5 July 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...

🦐 There are only two aquaria in the world that breed #Antarctic krill – the Australian Antarctic Division in Hobart and the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Japan. Take a look 👀 youtu.be/K6b1fT3Z7WU

Antarctic krill in Japan

YouTube video by Australian Antarctic Program Partnership

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🎢 Oceanographers have mapped currents with dramatic ups-and-downs like a rollercoaster, in a giant whirlpool spinning off the polar front in the Southern Ocean. These cyclonic eddies are important for the transport of heat, carbon, nutrients and oxygen. 🌊 aappartnership.org.au/rollercoaste...

‘Rollercoaster’ currents in Southern Ocean mapped by satellite and robot gliders - AAPP

Intense vertical currents in cyclonic eddy stronger than previously thought

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🌋 FIRE AND ICE: 'Cryptotephra’ are microscopic glass shards and ash from volcanic eruptions. A new study matches cryptotephra in an ice core from East #Antarctica with the chemical fingerprints of the 1985 Mt Erebus eruptions and Chile's Cerro Hudson in 1991. 🧊 aappartnership.org.au/needle-in-a-...

About 650,000 square kilometres of winter sea ice in West #Antarctica did not freeze this year. @news.abc.net.au 🌊 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...

Satellite images reveal missing Antarctic ice the 'size of France'

Scientists say a chunk of winter sea ice the size of France off the Antarctic coast has failed to form this year.

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In 1898, a ship was trapped for more than a year in two-metre-thick sea ice in the frozen Bellingshausen Sea in western #Antarctica. Now, as in recent years, there’s hardly any sea ice there at all. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HKar...

Trapped for a year in Antarctic sea ice – then, and now?

YouTube video by Australian Antarctic Program Partnership

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This is the image I sent to a few scientists this week, with some questions. The area between the orange line and the coast should be covered in sea ice. It is about the size of France. Here’s the story that come from the image. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Heatwave over #Antarctic Peninsula intensified by lack of sea ice. In winter. 🌊 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average

A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’

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A heatwave. In #Antarctic winter. ➡️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown

Temperatures above 15C ‘very strange’ say scientists, as snow melts and rain falls on glaciers in usually frozen region

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📣 LAST CALL!

Australian Antarctic Program Partnership@antarctic.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🌊 ANTARCTIC SCIENCE, AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE 🗣️ Want to present a talk or a poster at the Australian Antarctic Research Conference @utas.edu.au, 25-28 August 2026 in Hobart? 🚨 Final call for #AARC26 abstracts, closing Wednesday 10 June (hard deadline) ▶️ leishman-aarc-2026.eventsair.site/call-for-abs...

🌊 "Beautiful interplay": A new study led by Aust scientists identifies the role of wave-driven processes in why and how Antarctic sea ice can retreat so rapidly each summer, and what they mean for #climate models ▶️ www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2026/fr... 🧊 published today in @egu.eu The #Cryosphere

🌊 ANTARCTIC SCIENCE, AUSTRALIA'S FUTURE 🗣️ Want to present a talk or a poster at the Australian Antarctic Research Conference @utas.edu.au, 25-28 August 2026 in Hobart? 🚨 Final call for #AARC26 abstracts, closing Wednesday 10 June (hard deadline) ▶️ leishman-aarc-2026.eventsair.site/call-for-abs...

📣 Call for nominations: WSDML RWG Leadership Team Join a collaborative international team helping coordinate observations & research in the Weddell Sea & Dronning Maud Land region Build connections, foster collaboration & help guide regional priorities 🗓️ DL: 23 June 👉 soos.aq/opportunitie...

🌊 Antarctica and the sea ice of the Southern Ocean is a beating heart at the centre of our global #climate system. Stay in touch with #Antarctic #science via our quarterly newsletter 'Southern Signals'. Please sign up at aappartnership.org.au/contact-us/ to receive yours by email. 🌏 Pat Wongpan

📣𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐎𝐎𝐒 𝐒𝐒𝐂! Nominate yourself or someone you know for the SOOS Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). Get involved—join a welcoming, supportive & engaged team helping shape the future of Southern Ocean observing. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 June 👉 soos.aq/opportunities

“It’s going to be really exciting to measure something that nobody has measured before and to produce data that adds to our understanding of the climate system.” — Daniel Baggenstos @millionyearice.bsky.social in the ice core gas lab @imas-utas.bsky.social ▶️ www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2026/an...

Analysing ancient air in Antarctic ice cores – Australian Antarctic Program (News 2026)

Greenhouse gases trapped in 3,000 year-old Antarctic ice are being extracted and analysed for clues to Earth’s climate past. The gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – were trapped as sno...

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❄️ Ever wondered how to become an ice-core technician? Let Chelsea Long tell you her way — and how it led to a PhD project @utas.edu.au

How I became an ice core technician

YouTube video by Australian Antarctic Program Partnership

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🛰️ Using old satellite radar techniques, scientists have developed a new way of measuring the true extent of an under-studied and crucial region of the #Antarctic sea-ice system for the first time. 🌊 aappartnership.org.au/miz-ing-in-a...

Icon on ice: Moves to enhance protection of emperor penguins blocked at annual meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations (@news.abc.net.au @southernsky.bsky.social) ▶️ www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05... Emperors at Auster colony 📸 Jan Wallace

🌊 We’re hiring – Antarctic Project Officer (Hobart) Want to support world-leading #Antarctic science and help shape research with impact? AAPP and @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social are looking for an Antarctic Project Officer based at @utas.edu.au Apply by 8 June ▶️ careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50322...

"Climate risk information is only as reliable as the modelling infrastructure that underpins it. Neglecting Australian #climate modelling capability would be like continuing to use GPS after deciding to stop maintaining the satellites that make it work." 📝 www.scimex.org/newsfeed/ope...

Open letter to Federal Ministers about impacts of CSIRO job cuts

Open letter to Federal Ministers about impacts of CSIRO job cuts Proposed CSIRO job cuts threaten to cripple Australia’s climate modelling capability The Hon. Chris Bowen MP, Mi

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🚨 PhD project on ice shelves @utas.edu.au in Hobart! 🌊 Integrate observations and modelling of Antarctic ice shelf basal melting and sub-shelf ocean circulation 🍎 AAPP top-up scholarship and travel available ▶️ www.utas.edu.au/research/deg... 📆 Closing date for applications 1 June 2026