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Why is Antarctic sea ice so hard to model?

Authors: Andrew Pauling, Inga Smith, Max Thomas
Year Published: 2023
Document Type: Cold Call Articles
Ownership: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Climate models struggle to reproduce observed Antarctic sea-ice behaviour, due to the many processes affecting its formation and melt. Models must get these processes right in order to inform us what might happen next.
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Sea ice and ecosystems

Authors: Rowan Howard-Williams, Ian Hawes
Year Published: 2023
Document Type: Cold Call Articles
Ownership: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Sea ice plays a crucial role in the life cycles of many Antarctic organisms, from the algae at the base of food chains, to seals and penguins at the top.
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The connections between sea ice and climate

Authors: James Renwick
Year Published: 2023
Document Type: Cold Call Articles
Ownership: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Antarctic sea ice has an annual seasonal cycle of formation and melting, plus it’s exposed to the winds and storms of the Southern Ocean and to a range of climate influences from near and far.
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Sea ice and ocean circulation

Authors: Rowan Howard-Williams, Denise Fernandez, Craig Stevens
Year Published: 2023
Document Type: Cold Call Articles
Ownership: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Formation of Antarctic sea ice affects ocean circulation across the globe. Understanding the mechanisms linking these phenomena is crucially important to understand the impacts of future change in Antarctica.
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ASP response to MBIE mid-term programme review

Authors: Nancy Bertler
Year Published: 2023
Document Type: Reports, Publications
Ownership: ASP
Summary: The ASP’s response to, and to be read in conjunction with, MBIE’s mid-term review report of the Antarctic Science Platform’s performance to June 2022.
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MBIE mid-term review report of Antarctic Science Platform

Authors: MBIE
Year Published: 2023
Document Type: Publications
Ownership: MBIE Strategic Investments Team
Summary: A mid-term review of performance to June 2022 to provide recommendations on any changes to improve delivery and implementation for the remainder of the contract.
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Funding Aotearoa New Zealand’s commitment to the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area

Authors: Ian Hawes, Melissa Climo
Year Published: 2023
Document Type: Reports
Ownership: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: This document explores how Aotearoa New Zealand can best support our commitment to the Ross Sea region Marine Protected Area and its Research and Monitoring Plan.
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Climate change and international diplomacy in Antarctica

Authors: Rowan Howard-Williams
Year Published: 2022
Document Type: Cold Call Articles
Ownership: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: How climate change affects Antarctica is going to influence the speed and severity of changes in New Zealand and the rest of the planet. Climate change is a priority topic in Antarctic governance. Next year the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting has dedicated a day to consider the implementation of recommendations in a landmark climate change report. Those discussions will take place in a unique policy setting, almost as unusual as Antarctica itself, because the continent is ‘governed’ by an international treaty system.