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Highlights from ecosystems research 2022/23
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Project 3
Summary: The Ross Sea region contains one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the Southern Ocean, encompassing open ocean, pack ice and coastal habitats, including much of the world’s largest marine protected area. It also harbours diverse land-based ecosystems ranging from iconic Antarctic lakes to ancient soils that are home to unique biota. Our team of researchers in the Ross Sea Ecosystems project is working to better understand what the future may hold for these environments. We are developing new techniques and autonomous instruments for remote sensing to fill gaps in understanding of biodiversity and ecological process.
Sampler site

Highlights from sea ice and carbon cycle feedback research 2022/23
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Project 4
Summary: Sea ice extent, and the exchange of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other gases between the atmosphere and ocean, varies from year to year, influenced by changes in atmospheric and open-ocean conditions. Understanding the difference between seasonal variability and long-term change is key to predicting Antarctica’s influence on the future global climate system. Researchers in the Sea Ice and Carbon Cycle Feedbacks project are analysing variability in sea ice and the carbon cycles in the Ross Sea region and on larger scales, including connections to atmospheric circulation and climate processes across the Southern Ocean and much of the Southern Hemisphere.
Objective 2 Sea ice cracks I Mc Gregor

Sea ice scientists call for urgent emissions reductions to keep our climate liveable
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Summary: Antarctic scientists concerned about dramatic sea ice retreat have today issued the following statement from the emergency summit in Wellington. They have called for urgent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions to keep the climate within liveable conditions.
Objective 2 Sea ice cracks I Mc Gregor

Sea ice emergency summit
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Summary: As Antarctic sea ice extent hits a record winter low, concerned scientists have called an emergency summit in Wellington next week.
Miles Tangaroa under the sea 2

Māori Doctoral PhD Scholarship, University of Otago
Date: 2023
Type: Opportunity
Summary: A three-year PhD scholarship is available to support an emerging Māori student interested in using modern genetic research tools to understand environmental change and ecosystem responses in the Antarctic.
West Antarctic Ice Sheet by Alex Michaud

SWAIS2C: A search for answers about ice sheet collapse
Date: 2023
Type: Update
Authors: Prof Richard Levy and Ceridwyn Roberts
Summary: The drilling project will be the first-ever attempt to obtain a long sedimentary record from well-below the seafloor in West Antarctica. This is ‘discovery science’ - there remains great uncertainty around the age and nature of what will be recovered.
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.
MDV 20 medium

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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