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Natalie Robinson field camp Oct 2022 Credit Anthony Powell

November Update
Date: 2022
Type: Update
Authors: Antarctic Science Update
Summary: Updates from our teams on the field, research highlights from 2021/22, and save the date for the New Zealand – Australia Antarctic Science Conference 2023.
Fish below the platelet layer

Case Study: Bespoke technology is advancing Antarctic research
Date: 2022
Type: Science
Summary: The long-term perspective of the Antarctic Science Platform has afforded research partners the certainty to invest in new equipment.
Antarctic landcape from the air

Sharing Antarctic Science Platform knowledge
Outputs from 2019-2022
Date: 2022
Type: Update
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Each year science conducted by the Platform leads to a number of outputs. These can be found here.
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Highlights from Antarctic ice dynamics research 2021/22
Date: 2022
Type: Update
Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Summary: Antarctic Ice Sheet has the greatest potential to significantly raise sea levels and disrupt global ocean circulation. A team of researchers are working to better understand what the future may hold. These are some highlights from 2021/22.
Drilling through Antarctic ice

‘Hidden world’ of marine life discovered in Antarctic ‘river’ under ice
Date: 2022
Type: Science
Authors: The Guardian
Summary: Beneath a vast Antarctic ice shelf, in a cathedral-like cavern hundreds of metres high, are swarms of little shrimp-like creatures in a newly discovered underwater ecosystem that, until recently, had remained an ice-locked secret.
Our Changing Coastline demo Auckland

A map of the future
Date: 2022
Type: Science
Authors: Veronika Meduna, New Zealand Geographic
Summary: Sea-level rise doesn’t affect coasts equally—one bay may be drowned while the beach next door remains the same as ever. Predicting sea-level rise needs to take into account tectonic movement of the land, prevailing winds, coastal erosion and Arctic meltwater. Now, the first-ever detailed map of New Zealand’s coastlines shows what may happen.
Deployment of KIS-2B well pump

The search for answers in the ice
Date: 2022
Type: Science
Authors: NIWA
Summary: Jessica Rowley talks to three NIWA researchers trying to piece together what’s happening to the world’s largest ice shelf through their Antarctic Science Platform projects.
Emperor penguins

Antarctica: coming to a postcode near you
Report shows dramatic Antarctic change with global consequences
Date: 2022
Type: Press Release
Authors: Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
Summary: Climate change is having significant impacts on Antarctica’s ice sheets, climate and life, with far-reaching global consequences, according to a new report from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) released on May 24 at the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting in Berlin.
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