PM SCIENCE AWARDS ANNOUNCED

19.12.2011

At the Prime Ministers Science Prize awards Dr Rob McKay, a glacial sedimentologist based at Victoria's Antarctic Research Centre was awarded the MacDiarmid emerging scientist prize. Using marine sedimentary records and glacial deposits, Dr McKay reconstructed episodes of melting and cooling in Antarctica over the past 13 million years and showed how they influenced global sea levels and climate. The full story can be found here.