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Quarterly science bulletin
Edition 7, October 2024
An emergency summit on Antarctica's future
At a time of rapid and extreme climate-related changes in and around Antarctica, Australia’s polar research community is gathering in November for our first national meeting in nearly a decade – the Australian Antarctic Research Conference.
From glaciology to atmospheric science, from humanities to technology, this event will bring together several hundred experts across all Antarctic disciplines from around Australia – current investigators, leaders in the field, and the next generation of researchers.
Hosted by the University of Tasmania in nipaluna/Hobart, it will highlight the importance of Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for informing climate policy, in Australia’s gateway city for polar research. The program is here.
If you're in Hobart on the evening of 20 November during the conference, please come along to our science comedy night too!
Congratulations to our scientists whose talent and dedication has been recognised with a number of prestigious awards recently:
- 2024 Tasmanian Young Tall Poppy of the Year
- two Discovery Early Career Researcher Awards from the Australian Research Council
- 2025 Chief of Defence Force Fellowship
- 2023 Early Career Scientist Award from the International Glaciology Society
Welcome to the latest edition of 'Southern Signals' (archive here), a quarterly bulletin to inform decision-makers, policy-shapers, journalists, researchers, stakeholders and the general public about our science and research activities — and why they matter.
Professor Nathan Bindoff
Program leader, Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
University of Tasmania, Hobart
Opening the floodgates: a briefing about Antarctica and sea-level rise
Runaway ice loss causing rapid and catastrophic sea-level rise is possible within our lifetimes. Whether such tipping points have already passed is unknown.
Stay frosty: Antarctic science for kids, reviewed by kids
To mark National Science Week, AAPP scientists presented a special collection of articles about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean to Libraries Tasmania.
Study the new IMAS major in Oceans, Ice and Climate
Looking for a career that's planet-positive? Want to understand the big picture of climate change? Enjoy exploring and finding solutions?
Then dive in!
Double dip: Antarctic sea ice sinks to new low for winter
For the second winter in a row, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average — setting a new record low for this time of year.
Which city produced more coordinating lead authors for an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report than anywhere else in the world? This video explores the importance of the IPCC and the major contributions of Hobart-based scientists and their institutions over three decades.
SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Our scientists publish more than 100 research papers each year
Closing the loops on Southern Ocean dynamics: why collaborative research is important
Southern Ocean and Antarctica: a special collection of 23 scientific articles for young people
Opening the floodgates: a briefing paper about sea-level rise sent to politicians and policymakers
Finalists in the 2024 Tasmanian Young Tall Poppy Awards (l-r); Prof Nathan Bindoff for Dr Edward Doddridge AAPP; Dr Pat Wongpan AAPP; Dr Marc Mallet AAPP; and Dr Tory Clarke of the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (photo: Tony Qu)
