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Climate station and surface energy balance measurement system

Validating drivers for meltwater generation models and regional climate variability

Date: 2024
Type: Science
Summary: Surface climate observations are being used to evaluate numerical weather simulations and assimilated with satellite-derived surface temperatures for wider spatial coverage across the Ross Sea region.
Fig 1 field work in the Dry Valleys

Establishing sentinel sites for terrestrial Antarctic biology

Date: 2024
Type: Science
Summary: Over time, the new biological sentinel sites will provide a consistent and continuous coupled climate-biodiversity monitoring framework for land-based ecosystems.
Tamara Pletzer downloads data from the soil sensors in front of Canada Glacier. Photo: Ian Hawes

Deploying soil sensors in Taylor Valley

Date: 2023
Type: Science
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Collecting a year’s worth of soil temperature and moisture data in the McMurdo Dry Valleys to validate remote monitoring approaches.
Thermal Bird in the air over Canada Glacier in Taylor Valley. Photo: Eva Bendix Nielsen

Thermal bird survey of surface environments in the Taylor Valley

Date: 2023
Type: Science
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: A newly developed infrared and visible camera system, a thermal bird, has been used to survey different Antarctic surface environments in the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
Artwork depicting change in Antarctic sea-ice conditions. Photo: Marte Hofsteenge. CC BY-NC-ND.

Ant-ART-ica: Using art to communicate Antarctic research

Date: 2023
Type: People
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: PhD student Marte Hofsteenge is exploring the use of art to communicate with a wider audience about research in Antarctica.

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