Ozone hole brings new threat to Antarctic life
uow.edu.au/media/2024/ozo…

My academic friends... a small thing.
Do you give out Powerpoint files or pdf files when making lecture material available to students?
I've been making pdfs available, but not sure if that's the norm.

#AcademicTwitter

The limits of ice: what a 19th century expedition trapped in sea ice for a year tells us about Antarctica’s future

theconversation.com/the-limits-of-…

Heat from El Niño can warm oceans off West Antarctica – and melt floating ice shelves from below 🇦🇶🧊📈 theconversation.com/heat-from-el-n… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Mass death of Adelie penguins in area with skua infected with bird flu. Scientists investigate led by ⁦Megan Dewar⁩ #Antarctica #penguins reuters.com/business/healt…

‘Cautious optimism’ as penguins test positive for bird flu but show no symptoms dlvr.it/T4cyBQ

Giant kelp forests on Tasman Peninsula survive marine heatwave, brings 'hope' amid climate change

abc.net.au/news/2024-03-2… via ABC Australia

Controlled experiment finds no detectable citation bump from Twitter promotion.
Soz.
dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

Sperm whales drop 'bubble of poo' off WA to prevent orca attack in rarely recorded encounter ab.co/4ahhD6B

The World Meteorological Organization's State of the Global Climate report confirms 2023 broke every single climate indicator.ab.co/4ai4Pfv

Aus-NZ Antarctic Leaders Meet to Discuss Research Priorities: Leaders are meeting at Monash this week for the Aus-NZ Workshop on Antarctic Research Priorities to develop new collaborations to protect Antarctica and the Southern Ocean’s future
tribune-intl.com/australian-and…

NEW: This week's climte graphic looks at the sea surface temperatures, which have set records for 365 consecutive days.
Check out Jana Tauschinski's Spilhaus map, one of the most beautiful (if terrifying) maps I've seen

Read Emiliya's report
ft.com/content/d1b74e…
#dataviz

New H5N1 cases in the Antarctic Peninsula
It has now been detected in Adelie penguins and antarctic shag

#marinezooplankton are the most abundant & diverse eco-influencers on the planet and next week they'll be in the spotlight, when 340+ scientists from 38 countries gather in Hobart for the 7th International Zooplankton Production Symposium ➡️Find out more: bit.ly/Zooplankton-Sy…

Enjoying my right to disconnect by putting my pyjamas on when I got home, but then the fire alarms went off, the fire engines arrived and suddenly I’m the building’s fire warden in pyjamas and a silly helmet at 5pm near a busy road with gridlock traffic.
Hi there Hobart, it’s me.

Tonight! Prof Poul Christoffersen and Dr Adrian Macallum discuss climate change in the polar regions, ice sheet dynamics, and the impacts of sea level rise on Australians.

Online event. Registration via Zoom ➡️ rgsq.org.au/event-5615687

It is with deep sadness that SCAR reports the recent passing of Prof Craig Cary. Craig was a distinguished scientist & expert in terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems who made numerous important contributions to SCAR’s work as well as providing invaluable mentoring & support to many.

Our ARC Discovery Project 'Governing during an ocean climate crisis: Building integrative capacity' website is now live! Check it out here
utas.edu.au/research/proje…

All right you lot, who keeps changing the Antarctic Treaty section on Wikipedia to THIS after I try to correct it?
Y'all are hazing me now.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic…

New piece with Richard Rowe in the Lowy Interpreter on the importance of inspection mechanisms in Antarctica #Antarctica IMAS UTAS School of Law

lowyinstitute.org/the-interprete…