| March 2025 | News from the Australian Antarctic Program
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Photographer Pete Harmsen captured some wild Southern Ocean weather during RSV Nuyina's transit to the Denman Glacier earlier this month. |
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Denman Marine Voyage | Sixty scientists are currently on Australia’s icebreaker, RSV Nuyina, studying the ocean, ice, atmosphere, geology, biology and history of the Denman Glacier region, off East Antarctica. | |
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Nudging a sleeping giant | In this special feature, learn about the comprehensive land and sea campaign to understand what’s driving accelerated melting of the Denman Glacier in East Antarctica. | |
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New ways to monitor Antarctic biodiversity | Scientists on RSV Nuyina are trialling new ways to understand biodiversity, without disturbing marine creatures, using environmental DNA (eDNA) collected from seawater samples. | |
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Denman voyage updates | Read the weekly updates on the science and shipboard activities currently happening on the 60-day Denman Marine Voyage. | |
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Decadal Science Strategy | The Australian Antarctic Science Council has released its priority plan for the next 10 years of Antarctic science, with climate change, sea level rise and biodiversity at the centre of Australia’s science and research ambitions. | |
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Proposed Chinese research station | A draft Comprehensive Environmental Evaluation for the proposed construction and operation of a new Chinese research station in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, is open for public comment until 14 April. | |
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Secrets of the ice | In this special feature, follow Australian scientists in their first year of drilling for the oldest, continuous ice core record of Earth’s climate, dating back more than one million years. | |
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