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Large iceberg calving events generate great interest among scientists, but also the general public, and when they occur they usually attract media attention.
This project will initiate focused acoustic research into the biology of Southern Ocean cetaceans. Deployment of sonobuoys along vessel transects will be used to survey large geographic regions for the presence and relative abundance of cetaceans.
This project seeks to examine patterns in biodiversity in bryophytes and lichens on continental Antarctica. It is investigating if there is such a thing as the limit of life by exploring ice free localities that are very far south.
The three-dimensional ocean circulation from the 30 to 80 degrees E and 200nm from Antarctica is being studied through the use of direct measurements of velocity, temperature, salinity, oxygen, nutrients , chloro-flourocarbons, dissolved inorganic carbon and bio-geochemical cycles.
In-situ observations of sea-ice drift from the Arctic and Antarctic together with auxiliary remotely-sensed data will be used to determine the contribution of sub-daily motion on the overall drift.
If traditional methods are used it will be decades before there are valid assessments of risk to Antarctic marine organism from environmental contaminants.
The processes by which bacteria remove petroleum products from terrestrial soils and marine sediments are not well understood.
Ship observations, collected over the period 1980 - 2004, will be used to determine the regional and seasonal variability of the Antarctic sea ice thickness distribution.
The gap in our knowledge of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) has stemmed from a difficulty in probing this remote region of our atmosphere. Spanning the height range between 50 and 110 km, the MLT is sometimes jokingly termed the 'ignorosphere'.
The Antarctic environment with its harsh climatic conditions, minimal human activity and its unique ecosystems is unlike any of the World's other environments.