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Some of the team with the core that passed 200m credit Ana Tovey SWAIS2 C

SWAIS2C: Record-breaking sediment core provides unprecedented evidence of West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat
Date: 2026
Type: Press Release
Summary: A New Zealand co-led international team has drilled the longest-ever sediment core from under an ice sheet, providing a record stretching back millions of years that will help climate scientists forecast the fate of the ice sheet in our warming world. The 228m of ancient mud and rock was drilled from under 523m of ice. This game-changing scientific and technological achievement took place more than 700km from Scott Base, at a deep-field camp at Crary Ice Rise on the edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. The sediment core holds an archive of past environmental conditions at the site from warmer periods in Earth’s history, vital information for climate scientists to determine how much and how fast the ice sheet will melt in the future under our warming climate.
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.
Narmillan and Gabrielle

Antarctic researchers awarded funds to foster New Zealand and Australian collaboration
Date: 2025
Type: Press Release
Summary: Two Antarctic research teams have been awarded $20,000 in funding via a new grant to foster collaboration on Antarctic and Southern Ocean research across the Tasman Sea.
Tangaroa

Antarctic research voyage departs Wellington for the Ross Sea
Date: 2025
Type: Press Release
Summary: ASP researchers have set sail for Antarctica on NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa to continue research into impacts of climate change on Antarctica’s Ross Sea, and the impacts of a changing Ross Sea on the rest of the globe.
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International team launch second attempt to drill deep for Antarctic climate clues
Date: 2024
Type: Press Release
Summary: Antarctic Science Platform climate researchers are part of an ambitious mission to recover critical geological records to help forecast future sea-level rise. The first team members have embarked on a 1128 km journey across the Ross Ice Shelf to set up camp on the edge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Eva Nielsen - Canterbury U - Photo supplied

New research finds significant warming of Ross Sea region
Date: 2024
Type: Press Release
Authors: University of Canterbury
Summary: PhD candidate Eva Nielsen has created a new dataset of Antarctica’s temperature over the past 20 years analysing its trends and temperature extremes as part of her research.
Patrick Gower: On Ice

Patrick Gower brings Antarctic science to New Zealand screens
Date: 2024
Type: Press Release
Summary: Patrick Gower: On Ice, a two-part special about Antarctica and climate change, makes its television debut today. It features a number of Platform researchers who share their science.
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Antarctica's coasts are becoming less icy
Date: 2024
Type: Press Release
Summary: An increase in pockets of open water in Antarctica’s sea ice (polynyas) may mean coastal plants and animals could one day establish on the continent, University of Otago-led research suggests.
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