21 Aug 2025
From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes – and we’ll all feel them
Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is…19 May 2025
Glaciers are melting faster than ever. The impact could be devastating
New analysis reveals glacier retreat will lead to loss of biodiversity as vital habitats for specialist species disappear.1 Aug 2024
From microbes to mammals: we tracked the rapid rise of new ecosystems as glaciers retreat and ice sheets melt
As global temperatures inch upwards year after year, the world’s glaciers retreat. These rivers of ice and the even larger ice sheets which cover Greenland and Antarctica are melting – and…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…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…11 Aug 2022
World’s largest ice sheet is more at risk than we thought.
New research published today in Nature shows that the worst effects of global warming on the world’s largest ice sheet – the East Antarctic Ice Sheet – can be avoided…13 Jul 2022
We studied how the Antarctic ice sheet advanced and retreated over 10,000 years. It holds warnings for the future
Alarming stories from Antarctica are now more frequent than ever; the ice surface is melting, floating ice shelves are collapsing and glaciers are flowing faster into the ocean. Antarctica will…16 Mar 2022
SAEF Goes South: Felicity and Richard
This past February, a team of seven SAEF researchers traveled to Casey Station in Antarctica as part of our first season of fieldwork. They are now back in Australia and…3 Feb 2022
SAEF Goes South: 2021 – 2022 Antarctic Field Season
A team of SAEF researchers are today headed south from Hobart to Casey Station in Antarctica to undertake the program’s first season of fieldwork.
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