RSV Nuyina makes Antarctic canyon discovery Energy & Environment A new canyon more than 2,200 metres beneath the Southern Ocean in eastern Antarctica was discovered during the vessel's maiden voyage.
PM: Antarctica facing ‘unprecedented challenges’ Wednesday October 6, 2021 By Melissa Coade Energy & Environment Scott Morrison has underscored the threat to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean posed by climate change, illegal fishing and marine pollution.
Smoke from the Black Summer fires created an algal bloom bigger than Australia in the Southern Ocean Thursday September 16, 2021 By Christina Schallenberg, Jakob Weis, Joan Llort, Peter Strutton and Weiyi Tang Editors' Picks This enormous, unprecedented algal bloom could have profound implications for carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and for the marine ecosystem.
Ocean waves and winds are getting higher and stronger Friday April 26, 2019 By Agustinus Ribal and Ian Young Editors' Picks New measurements show that global average wave conditions are increasing but, more importantly, extreme wave conditions are increasing even more rapidly with the largest increases…
Environment portfolio appointments for Antarctic, climate science Monday August 3, 2015 By Stephen Easton Jurisdiction There's movement in the Environment portfolio, with the Antarctic Division's chief scientist taking on the directorship and the Murray-Darling Basin Authority chief going to the…
