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18 Jul 2024
Is the atmosphere Earth’s largest microbial ecosystem?
“We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air.” – Evangelista Torricelli, 1644 -
12 Jul 2024
Off balance: New studies unravel the climate pattern impacts on the Antarctic Ice Sheet
New SAEF research has untangled the influence of regional climate drivers, including the Southern Annular Mode (SAM) and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (El Niño), on the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Snow… -
10 Jul 2024
How a visual history of Antarctica enabled researcher to chronicle the impact of climate change
More than 300,000 US Navy images vital to helping Ryan North examine collapsing ice shelves and glacial melt -
13 Jun 2024
Weakening or collapse of AMOC has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again
Recent assessments suggest the ocean current known as Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is slowing down, with collapse a real possibility this century. The AMOC is a globally important current… -
11 Jun 2024
Untangling the influence of El Niño on West Antarctic snow accumulation
New research shows that Central Pacific and Eastern Pacific El Niño have distinct effects on snow accumulation patterns in West Antarctica. The findings, published in Geophysical Research Letters, highlight the… -
3 Jun 2024
How does the Southern Annular Mode control surface melt in East Antarctica?
New research shows that the Southern Annular Mode’s influence on surface melt varies across East Antarctica due to its effects on the local weather conditions, including air temperature, snowfall, wind… -
30 Apr 2024
Researchers of the Lost Ice
If it were an adventure film it might be called Researchers of the Lost Ice. Set against the backdrop of East Antarctica’s remote and mysterious Bunger Hills, scientists (including a… -
29 Apr 2024
Longer-lasting ozone holes over Antarctica expose seal pups and penguin chicks to much more UV
Over the last 25 years, the ozone hole which forming over Antarctica each spring has started to shrink. But over the last four years, even as the hole has shrunk… -
26 Apr 2024
Ozone hole brings new threat to Antarctic life
Antarctic animals and plants are battling increased UV radiation exposure. -
8 Apr 2024
Our planet is undergoing human-induced transformation. How do we navigate the challenges to protect ecosystems?
Biodiversity makes Earth habitable and a wonderful place to live. But human activities are causing shifts in our climate, environment, and biodiversity that are transforming the planet and pushing its… -
26 Feb 2024
In search of life on nunataks
This summer, a team of four SAEF scientists travelled into the vast wilderness of Antarctica in search of its tiniest life. Once found, these microscopic creatures will enable the team…
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