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Case Study: Ecological data support terrestrial Antarctic conservation and management

Date: 2025
Type: Science
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform supports New Zealand’s commitment to protect the unique environments and biodiversity of Antarctica.
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Case Study: New baseline distribution model—a tool to predict responses of foundational terrestrial organisms to climate change

Date: 2025
Type: Science
Summary: A new distribution model predicts where mosses may be found and are most vulnerable to changing conditions.
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Case Study: Enhancing mātauranga Māori and Māori participation in Antarctic science

Date: 2025
Type: Case study
Summary: The Platform is committed to ensuring that New Zealand’s Antarctic and climate science reflects the values, knowledge and aspirations of Māori.
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Case study: International drilling programme improves accuracy of projections for Antarctic ice loss and sea level rise

Date: 2025
Type: Science
Summary: An Antarctic Science Platform-led international scientific drilling project is providing data to reconstruct past climate conditions and ice sheet behaviour, which informs sea level rise projections and Antarctica’s future response to climate change.
Antarctica from above Photo Mike Scott

Te Tiri o te Moana, Te Tiri o te Tangata

Date: 2025
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform has been gifted a whakataukī (proverb) and karakia (prayer), and they are offered openly for use by all whānau, researchers and explorers of Te Tiri o te Moana (Antarctica).
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A new chapter for the Antarctic Science Platform

By outgoing Director Prof Nancy Bertler
Date: 2025
Authors: Dr Nancy Bertler
Summary: As the Antarctic Science Platform gears up for another seven years' research, outgoing Director Prof Nancy Bertler reflects on achievements of the 'virtual research institution' that brought more than 100 researchers together to advance our understanding of Antarctica’s impact on the global earth system in a warming world.
Dr Shane Reti

Antarctic climate mission extended to 14 years

Renewed funding announced
Date: 2025
Type: Press Release
Summary: Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, Dr Shane Reti, was in Christchurch to announce $49m in renewed Government investment to extend the Antarctic Science Platform's research for another seven years.
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Exploration of changing sea ice set for 2025

Date: 2025
Authors: The University of Waikato
Summary: An update on the HAUWAI-20, a first-of-its-kind instrument designed to better understand sea ice as a critical habitat for marine animals and thus uncover the impact of changing sea ice norms on Antarctic marine ecosystems.

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