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Highlights from Antarctic ice dynamics research 2022/23
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Project 1
Summary: The world’s ice sheets are sensitive to environmental change and, as the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet has significant potential to raise sea levels and disrupt global ocean circulation. To determine ice sheet response to warming, our team of researchers in the Antarctic Ice Dynamics project are looking at environmental records of how the Antarctic ice sheets and surrounding ocean have changed in the past, and comparing those records to signals of change that we can detect today.
Hydrographic mooring being deployed in Terra Nova Bay

Highlights from Antarctic ocean mechanics research 2022/23
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Project 2
Summary: A changing Antarctica will impact oceanic transport of heat and other associated materials, such as salt, carbon dioxide, oxygen and nutrients. Researchers in the Antarctic Ocean Mechanics project are investigating past and present ocean conditions - currents, polynya formation, sea ice and dispersion of meltwater - and how this may change as the world warms.
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New reconstructions of past ice sheet dynamics
Date: 2023
Type: Science
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Five new reconstructions of past Antarctic ice sheet dynamics have recently been published, relying on sedimentological and geochemical analyses.
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.
Drilling a rock core at the Friis Hills, 2016 photo Richard Levy medium

Friis Hills drilling project: New findings
Uncovering secrets of the past to understand our future
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: GNS Science
Summary: The paleoenvironmental and paleontological information and data that these sediment cores contain are critical to guide our understanding of Antarctica’s past climatic and glacial conditions. Scientists continue to examine and re-examine these valuable repositories.
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Antarctic Science Platform in the news 2022/23
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Summary: In case you missed it, here are some of the media and outreach opportunities our team was involved in during the past year. There were also public talks, school visits and publications in subscription-based magazines.
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