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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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Steering Group Deputy Chair
Expressions of Interest
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform is seeking expressions of interest for a Deputy Chair for the Platform Steering Group. The Deputy Chair will take a governance leadership role in transitioning the Platform to a second tranche of funding which begins on 1 July 2025.
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Urgency of Southern Ocean research
Statement from the first-ever international conference of the Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS)
Date: 2023
Authors: SOOS Symposium and Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Hundreds of international scientists have sounded a clarion call for urgent expansion of Southern Ocean science in the emerging climate crisis. A joint statement from the SOOS Symposium says that no nation alone can provide the research needed to address the climate questions facing us. The Antarctic Science Platform is working with international partners to improve observations at critical locations in the Ross Sea.
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Concerned scientists call for immediate climate action
Christchurch Communique, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research’s (SCAR) Biology Symposium
Date: 2023
Authors: SCAR Biology Symposium
Summary: There have been remarkable, even astonishing, transformations in Antarctic species, populations, and ecosystems. Scientists feel compelled to speak out about the escalating environmental challenges.
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Case study: New Antarctic Ice Sheet data contributes to policy and planning
Date: 2023
Type: Case study
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform is generating improved, data-constrained models that are being used for planning and adaptation decision-making measures to manage the impacts of future sea level rise on Aotearoa and Antarctica.
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Case study: Detecting polynya from space
Date: 2023
Type: Case study
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Antarctic Science Platform researchers are using satellite data to determine the spatial extent of polynya with better accuracy, which unlocks the ability to quantify their role in large-scale processes, such as sea-ice formation, ocean circulation and their impact on marine ecosystems.
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