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Paper published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment focussing on the vulnerability of Antarctica's Wilkes Subglacial Basin.

This article in The Conversation highlights how Antarctica's Wilkes Subglacial Basin is vulnerable to environmental change.

PREPRINT paper published in EGUsphere investigating the sea ice extent in the McMurdo Sound during 2013–2024.

A compilation of conference abstracts for presentations made by our team members at the SCAR Open Science Conference, 2026.

Paper published in Earth System Science Data, presenting the first pan-Arctic compilation of in situ algal pigment data.

NeSI case study: coupling the neXt generation Sea Ice Model (neXtSIM), an MPI code written in C++, with the Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS, Fortran) to s

REANNZ case study - Researchers studying Antarctica's atmospheric, oceanic, and sea-ice processes are exploring ways to improve climate projections for the Ross

Paper presented at ATCM-48 & CEP-28 providing a circumpolar sea-ice update and overview of ongoing changes.

Paper published in Antarctic Science examining the diet of Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) within the Ross Sea polynya.

Paper published in the Journal of Fish Biology to introduce SCARFISH and its Working Groups and encourage widespread participation in this new initiative.

Watch this video showcasing a 2024 voyage to the Ross Sea and ice shelf.

A compilation of conference abstracts for presentations made by our team members at the Climate and Cryosphere Open Science Conference, 2026.

Watch ASP's impact video on Antarctica's response to our warming climate, including interviews with Antarctic Sea-Ice Switch researchers.

Watch the deployment of the Fisheries and Oceans Canada ARGO float in the Ross Sea, conducted during NZDF's OPERATION TIO to Scott Base and McMurdo Station.

Published in Nature Climate Change, showing declines in diatoms and increases in haptophytes and cryptophytes across much of Antarctica’s continental shelf

A summary and infographic on the importance of sea ice for Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems.

Published in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, this paper presents a new model configuration, neXtSIM-Ant, for simulating Antarctic sea ice usi

Podcast series: Step out onto a frozen landscape with New Zealand researchers investigating the future of Antarctica.

A science briefing about changes in Antarctic sea ice.

Climate models struggle to reproduce observed Antarctic sea-ice behaviour, due to the many processes affecting its formation and melt.

Sea ice plays a crucial role in the life cycles of many Antarctic organisms, from the algae at the base of food chains, to seals and penguins at the top.

Antarctic sea ice has an annual seasonal cycle of formation and melting, and is exposed to the winds and storms of the Southern Ocean.

Formation of Antarctic sea ice also affects ocean circulation across the globe. Understanding the mechanisms linking these phenomena is crucially important.

A drop in the area covered by sea ice is one of the latest record-breaking changes in a global changing climate.

During each of the last two summers, the ice around Antarctica has retreated farther than ever before.

Podcast episode: Researchers in our southernmost continent were shocked to find stretches of sea ice disappearing.

A summary and infographic on the future projections of sea ice in Antarctica.

A summary and infographic on the importance of sea ice for Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems.

A summary and infographic on the physical role of sea ice in Antarctica.

A summary of a decade’s worth of Antarctic research, plus recommendations.

A story map exploring Iwi relationships with the Southern and Antarctic Oceans.