Tue Nov 29, 2011
ONLINE BRIEFING: 10am AEDT Mon 28 November EMBARGO LIFTED at 00.01am AEDT Tue 29 November A new report details the importance of the Southern Ocean for Australia. Scientists are realising just how much protection the ocean offers us by acting as a sink that absorbs huge amounts of heat and carbon dioxide, slowing down the [...]
Fri Jun 12, 2009
Two reports from the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre released on Friday will help clarify the what we know about sea ice, ice sheets and climate change.
Tue Apr 21, 2009
With confusion in the media this week over whether ice is decreasing or increasing in the Antarctic, here experts clarify the apparent anomaly.
Wed Jan 21, 2009
New research from the US has shown that for the last 50 years Antarctica has been warming more than scientists previously thought. Until now, incomplete records led researchers to believe that a relatively small area known as the Antarctic Peninsula was getting warmer, while the rest of the continent – including West Antarctica, the ice [...]