A team of international scientists have gathered in Dunedin to analyse evidence of when ice melted in the past, to predict future sea level rise. The samples were collected in one of the world's most remote sites in West Antarcti… Read More
In a new development, researchers are bouncing radar signals from satellites to see emperor penguin huddles through the dark Antarctic winter, helping improve estimates of the endangered species’ breeding population. Read More
Two Argo floats arrived in Wellington this month, on their way to join a team of 4,000 that are floating in oceans around the world. The floats are a kind of ocean sampling “robot” that are designed to drift in currents and measu… Read More
News from the SHIRE, full moon observations at Arrival Heights and new Argo floats for the Southern Ocean Read More
New Zealand this month joined partners from around the world at the 48th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the 28th meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP) in Japan, a gathering that continues a… Read More
Our latest Science Update is now available, featuring recent Antarctic and Southern Ocean research, updates from the past field season, and news about the people and partnerships supporting science on the ice. Read more Read More