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.
Summary: Over time, the new biological sentinel sites will provide a consistent and continuous coupled climate-biodiversity monitoring framework for land-based ecosystems.
Summary: Researchers are using high temporal resolution Global Navigation Satellite Systems receivers to monitor the health of the northwestern Ross Ice Shelf.
Summary: A recent study found that minimising ocean-driven melting through reduced emissions or geoengineering is essential to prevent serious future sea level rise.
Summary: Researchers are using custom-built instruments to monitor ice shelf melting in a rapidly melting region of the Ross Ice Shelf, surrounding Ross Island. After a successful 2023/24 Antarctic field season, all instruments are now operational.
Summary: Sediment cores retrieved from Antarctica’s Siple Coast last summer were carefully opened and examined at a recent workshop at the Otago Repository for Core Analysis (ORCA), an important step in the hunt for clues about the past behaviour of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.