Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS)
@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
A $25M+ program dedicated to understanding East Antarctica's future. Supported by the Australian Research Council. Headquartered at the University of Tasmania and co-led by the University of NSW and The Australian National University.
🪨 The project will combine new geological observations with numerical modelling to quantify past ice sheet retreat during the previous warm Pliocene epoch (3–3.3 million years ago), which is an analogue for climatic conditions expected within decades.
@utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
@utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🪨 The project will combine new geological observations with numerical modelling to quantify past ice sheet retreat during the previous warm Pliocene epoch (3–3.3 million years ago), which is an analogue for climatic conditions expected within decades.
@utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
@utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
🌏 Led by ACEAS Chief Investigator Associate Professor @jaxhalpin.bsky.social, the team includes Dr Taryn Noble, Associate Professor Alan Aitken, Dr Jacob Mulder, and Dr @hochmuth.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
🌏 Led by ACEAS Chief Investigator Associate Professor @jaxhalpin.bsky.social, the team includes Dr Taryn Noble, Associate Professor Alan Aitken, Dr Jacob Mulder, and Dr @hochmuth.bsky.social.
🦭 Krill declines ripple through the #SouthernOcean food web and #AntarcticFurSeals feel the impact.
Our latest ACEAS Explainer shows how these seals help researchers understand ecosystem change and provide vital data to inform global krill management.
🔗 Read more: antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
Our latest ACEAS Explainer shows how these seals help researchers understand ecosystem change and provide vital data to inform global krill management.
🔗 Read more: antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
November 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
🦭 Krill declines ripple through the #SouthernOcean food web and #AntarcticFurSeals feel the impact.
Our latest ACEAS Explainer shows how these seals help researchers understand ecosystem change and provide vital data to inform global krill management.
🔗 Read more: antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
Our latest ACEAS Explainer shows how these seals help researchers understand ecosystem change and provide vital data to inform global krill management.
🔗 Read more: antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
Antarctic fur seals: tracking the Southern Ocean’s changing climate and ecosystem
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Antarctic fur seals: tracking the Southern Ocean’s changing climate and ecosystem
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
Our new explainer is out today.
Discover how Antarctic fur seals are sentinels of a changing Southern Ocean and inform ecosystem management and conservation through #CCAMLR.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#e...
📢 Hobart friends!
Are you passionate about #scicomms? Head along to the Science Communication Networking Event hosted by Inspiring Australia – Tasmania.
📅 Thu 30 Oct
🕠 5:30pm–7:30pm
📍 IMAS Waterfront
🎯 $500 mini grant up for grabs!
🎟️ Register here: events.humanitix.com/science-comm...
Are you passionate about #scicomms? Head along to the Science Communication Networking Event hosted by Inspiring Australia – Tasmania.
📅 Thu 30 Oct
🕠 5:30pm–7:30pm
📍 IMAS Waterfront
🎯 $500 mini grant up for grabs!
🎟️ Register here: events.humanitix.com/science-comm...
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
📢 Hobart friends!
Are you passionate about #scicomms? Head along to the Science Communication Networking Event hosted by Inspiring Australia – Tasmania.
📅 Thu 30 Oct
🕠 5:30pm–7:30pm
📍 IMAS Waterfront
🎯 $500 mini grant up for grabs!
🎟️ Register here: events.humanitix.com/science-comm...
Are you passionate about #scicomms? Head along to the Science Communication Networking Event hosted by Inspiring Australia – Tasmania.
📅 Thu 30 Oct
🕠 5:30pm–7:30pm
📍 IMAS Waterfront
🎯 $500 mini grant up for grabs!
🎟️ Register here: events.humanitix.com/science-comm...
"If blooms shift in timing or composition, we could see major consequences for carbon cycling and food availability for species like krill,” she said.
🔗 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1525/elem...
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📸 Sea Ice | Credit: Claire Yung
🔗 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1525/elem...
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📸 Sea Ice | Credit: Claire Yung
October 14, 2025 at 4:50 AM
"If blooms shift in timing or composition, we could see major consequences for carbon cycling and food availability for species like krill,” she said.
🔗 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1525/elem...
@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
📸 Sea Ice | Credit: Claire Yung
🔗 Read the paper: doi.org/10.1525/elem...
@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
📸 Sea Ice | Credit: Claire Yung
🎥 On-camera media training session at UNSW yesterday with our early career researchers @fabiobdias.bsky.social and Zhi Li! Great questions, plenty of enthusiasm, and lots of behind-the-scenes action 📸
@ccrc.bsky.social
@ccrc.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
🎥 On-camera media training session at UNSW yesterday with our early career researchers @fabiobdias.bsky.social and Zhi Li! Great questions, plenty of enthusiasm, and lots of behind-the-scenes action 📸
@ccrc.bsky.social
@ccrc.bsky.social
Abrupt changes in the #Antarctic environment
A new policy briefing based on recent research led by ACEAS former Deputy Director @climatenerilie.bsky.social is now available.
Discover how Antarctica’s ice, ocean, and biological systems are rapidly changing.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#b...
A new policy briefing based on recent research led by ACEAS former Deputy Director @climatenerilie.bsky.social is now available.
Discover how Antarctica’s ice, ocean, and biological systems are rapidly changing.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#b...
September 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Abrupt changes in the #Antarctic environment
A new policy briefing based on recent research led by ACEAS former Deputy Director @climatenerilie.bsky.social is now available.
Discover how Antarctica’s ice, ocean, and biological systems are rapidly changing.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#b...
A new policy briefing based on recent research led by ACEAS former Deputy Director @climatenerilie.bsky.social is now available.
Discover how Antarctica’s ice, ocean, and biological systems are rapidly changing.
➡️ antarctic.org.au/resources/#b...
Our quarterly Seasonal Newsletter for Spring has arrived.
Catch up on the latest #Antarctic research, explore our new policy briefing, or watch a video on mapping the Antarctic seafloor 🎥
🔗 Read it now: createsend.com/t/y-B9D206F6...
Catch up on the latest #Antarctic research, explore our new policy briefing, or watch a video on mapping the Antarctic seafloor 🎥
🔗 Read it now: createsend.com/t/y-B9D206F6...
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Our quarterly Seasonal Newsletter for Spring has arrived.
Catch up on the latest #Antarctic research, explore our new policy briefing, or watch a video on mapping the Antarctic seafloor 🎥
🔗 Read it now: createsend.com/t/y-B9D206F6...
Catch up on the latest #Antarctic research, explore our new policy briefing, or watch a video on mapping the Antarctic seafloor 🎥
🔗 Read it now: createsend.com/t/y-B9D206F6...
❄️ What’s changing in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean?
📨 Discover the latest insights and research in our quarterly Seasonal Newsletter, out next week.
🖊️ Subscribe here: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/236931A8...
📨 Discover the latest insights and research in our quarterly Seasonal Newsletter, out next week.
🖊️ Subscribe here: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/236931A8...
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
❄️ What’s changing in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean?
📨 Discover the latest insights and research in our quarterly Seasonal Newsletter, out next week.
🖊️ Subscribe here: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/236931A8...
📨 Discover the latest insights and research in our quarterly Seasonal Newsletter, out next week.
🖊️ Subscribe here: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/236931A8...
❄️“In a world of misinformation, it’s critical that government has released an evidence-based assessment.” – ACEAS Director, Prof Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
⬇️Read our story here antarctic.org.au/antarcticsnc...
⬇️Read our story here antarctic.org.au/antarcticsnc...
September 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
❄️“In a world of misinformation, it’s critical that government has released an evidence-based assessment.” – ACEAS Director, Prof Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
⬇️Read our story here antarctic.org.au/antarcticsnc...
⬇️Read our story here antarctic.org.au/antarcticsnc...
“Over the coming months these observations will provide new information along almost 90o of the continental coast between 130o E and 160o W. This region is at the core of the Australian Antarctic Territory, which is rarely sampled, especially in such detail..." - Dr Clive McMahon
(end of June) ⬇️
(end of June) ⬇️
July 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“Over the coming months these observations will provide new information along almost 90o of the continental coast between 130o E and 160o W. This region is at the core of the Australian Antarctic Territory, which is rarely sampled, especially in such detail..." - Dr Clive McMahon
(end of June) ⬇️
(end of June) ⬇️
Why #Antarctica matters to Australia:
In the first of our new explainer series we explore the strong connections between the continents - and the implications of Antarctica’s rapidly changing environment for Australia's weather, climate, ecosystems and coastlines ⬇️
antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
In the first of our new explainer series we explore the strong connections between the continents - and the implications of Antarctica’s rapidly changing environment for Australia's weather, climate, ecosystems and coastlines ⬇️
antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
July 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Why #Antarctica matters to Australia:
In the first of our new explainer series we explore the strong connections between the continents - and the implications of Antarctica’s rapidly changing environment for Australia's weather, climate, ecosystems and coastlines ⬇️
antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
In the first of our new explainer series we explore the strong connections between the continents - and the implications of Antarctica’s rapidly changing environment for Australia's weather, climate, ecosystems and coastlines ⬇️
antarctic.org.au/wp-content/u...
You'll hear from these incredible speakers:
July 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
You'll hear from these incredible speakers:
Iceberg at sunrise. Denman Marine Voyage, March 2025.
📷: Pete Harmsen / AAD
📷: Pete Harmsen / AAD
July 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Iceberg at sunrise. Denman Marine Voyage, March 2025.
📷: Pete Harmsen / AAD
📷: Pete Harmsen / AAD
Full paper in collaboration with colleagues from around the world in @agu.org Earth's Future ⬇️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
July 15, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Full paper in collaboration with colleagues from around the world in @agu.org Earth's Future ⬇️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Now is not the time to put funding on ice: Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Now is not the time to put funding on ice: Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
- @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social in today's Mercury newspaper ⬇️
www.themercury.com.au | @utas.edu.au | @imas-utas.bsky.social
Australia’s icebreaker RSV Nuyina completed its first marine science voyage this year, taking 60 scientists to one of the most unexplored remote parts of our planet: the Denman Glacier region 🌊
Join the voyage science leads at this special Island of Ideas event - Voyage to Antarctica’s Floodgates ⬇️
Join the voyage science leads at this special Island of Ideas event - Voyage to Antarctica’s Floodgates ⬇️
June 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Australia’s icebreaker RSV Nuyina completed its first marine science voyage this year, taking 60 scientists to one of the most unexplored remote parts of our planet: the Denman Glacier region 🌊
Join the voyage science leads at this special Island of Ideas event - Voyage to Antarctica’s Floodgates ⬇️
Join the voyage science leads at this special Island of Ideas event - Voyage to Antarctica’s Floodgates ⬇️
Professor Anya Reading: The expedited discovery of subsurface #Antarctica ⬇️ @utas.edu.au
June 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Professor Anya Reading: The expedited discovery of subsurface #Antarctica ⬇️ @utas.edu.au
Professor Matt King: Tracking and predicting the future of the East #Antarctic Ice Sheet ⬇️ @utas.edu.au
June 26, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Professor Matt King: Tracking and predicting the future of the East #Antarctic Ice Sheet ⬇️ @utas.edu.au
Huge congratulations to @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Prof. Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social and Chief Investigator Prof. Anya Reading on being awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship!
@utas.edu.au @imas-utas.bsky.social | ARC | www.arc.gov.au/australian-l...
Project details below ⬇️
@utas.edu.au @imas-utas.bsky.social | ARC | www.arc.gov.au/australian-l...
Project details below ⬇️
June 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Huge congratulations to @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social Director Prof. Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social and Chief Investigator Prof. Anya Reading on being awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship!
@utas.edu.au @imas-utas.bsky.social | ARC | www.arc.gov.au/australian-l...
Project details below ⬇️
@utas.edu.au @imas-utas.bsky.social | ARC | www.arc.gov.au/australian-l...
Project details below ⬇️
@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
🌟ACEAS June Seminar Series 🌟
🗓️Wednesday 25 June at 11 am AEDT
🔈Speaker: Dr Devsamridhi Arora from University of Allahabad, India
Title: India Antarctic Program: Scientific Endeavours and Pathways for Australian Collaboration
Join us: utas.zoom.us/j/8679803099...
🌟ACEAS June Seminar Series 🌟
🗓️Wednesday 25 June at 11 am AEDT
🔈Speaker: Dr Devsamridhi Arora from University of Allahabad, India
Title: India Antarctic Program: Scientific Endeavours and Pathways for Australian Collaboration
Join us: utas.zoom.us/j/8679803099...
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 AM
@antarcticsciaus.bsky.social
🌟ACEAS June Seminar Series 🌟
🗓️Wednesday 25 June at 11 am AEDT
🔈Speaker: Dr Devsamridhi Arora from University of Allahabad, India
Title: India Antarctic Program: Scientific Endeavours and Pathways for Australian Collaboration
Join us: utas.zoom.us/j/8679803099...
🌟ACEAS June Seminar Series 🌟
🗓️Wednesday 25 June at 11 am AEDT
🔈Speaker: Dr Devsamridhi Arora from University of Allahabad, India
Title: India Antarctic Program: Scientific Endeavours and Pathways for Australian Collaboration
Join us: utas.zoom.us/j/8679803099...
This research collaboration builds on the work of previous shared climate science projects, including the Mount Brown South ice drilling project in #Antarctica ⬇️
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2018/de...
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2018/de...
June 4, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This research collaboration builds on the work of previous shared climate science projects, including the Mount Brown South ice drilling project in #Antarctica ⬇️
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2018/de...
www.antarctica.gov.au/news/2018/de...
Nerilie and Tessa were part of the shallow drilling team, who successfully drilled four 70-metre long ice cores, to be used for understanding climate and pollutant changes over the last 150 years. They also supported sampling of pumped air samples from deep within the snow and ice 🧊
June 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Nerilie and Tessa were part of the shallow drilling team, who successfully drilled four 70-metre long ice cores, to be used for understanding climate and pollutant changes over the last 150 years. They also supported sampling of pumped air samples from deep within the snow and ice 🧊
Led by Canadian researchers, the project to drill on the Muller ice cap on the island has resulted in the deepest ice core ever recovered from the Canadian Arctic!
- 613 metres ⬇️ @umanitoba.bsky.social
news.umanitoba.ca/deepest-cana...
- 613 metres ⬇️ @umanitoba.bsky.social
news.umanitoba.ca/deepest-cana...
June 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Led by Canadian researchers, the project to drill on the Muller ice cap on the island has resulted in the deepest ice core ever recovered from the Canadian Arctic!
- 613 metres ⬇️ @umanitoba.bsky.social
news.umanitoba.ca/deepest-cana...
- 613 metres ⬇️ @umanitoba.bsky.social
news.umanitoba.ca/deepest-cana...