Australian Antarctic Division: Leading Australia’s Antarctic Program

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• 22 October 2019

  Tiny fossils reveal 25,000 years of Southern Ocean carbon history
  A reconstruction of 25,000 years of South Ocean carbon chemistry, using micro-fossils buried in sediments, shows sub-Antarctic waters have played a key role in regulating atmospheric carbon dioxide since the Last Glacial Maximum.

• 22 October 2019

  New Antarctic barges tested on the River Derwent
  Antarctic landing barges destined to work alongside Australia’s new icebreaker RSV Nuyina are getting wet for the first time during sea-trials on Hobart’s River Derwent.

• 18 October 2019

  Nations meet in Hobart to conserve Southern Ocean
  The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) meets in Hobart to build on a history of conservation achievements.

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