The Australian Antarctic Program and the Australian Defence Force are celebrating 10 years of collaboration in Antarctica through Operation Southern Discovery.

What is a food web? A food web describes the links between species in an ecosystem. The web is a complex network of food chains. Food chains are often based on plants that provide food for other ...

Situated in an area of the low, rocky Windmill Islands and peninsulas, Casey is perched on the edge of the massive Antarctic ice cap. With more than 50 islands in the group, the Windmill Islands are ...

This last week at Casey Station felt like a bit of a gear shift as we move into the ramp-up for the next part of the season. The Wilkins crew packed up and headed up the hill to Wilkins Aerodrome to ...

Antarctica is an environment where conditions can change rapidly, and the consequences of a poor decision can be serious. Strong winds, extreme cold, sea ice, crevasses, whiteouts, and isolation all ...

The important role ships play gathering scientific data in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean has been outlined at a leading Antarctic science conference in Hobart. The biennial Australian Antarctic ...

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.

For many decades, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Antarctic Flight assisted the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) to explore, map and survey using a variety of fixed ...

When a spectacular ‘mammatus’ cloud event occurred above southern Tasmania recently, the Australian Antarctic Division’s atmosphere group just happened to be testing high-tech measuring instruments on ...

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is temporarily withdrawing staff from Macquarie Island research station due to the psycho-social risk to expeditioners of a ...

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are experiencing “abrupt changes” due to human-caused climate change, according to research published in Nature today. The research review, led by Professor Nerilie ...

Greenhouse gases trapped in 3,000 year-old Antarctic ice are being extracted and analysed for clues to Earth’s climate past. The gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – were trapped as ...