Explore the Centre’s news stories from 2018.
Nancy Bertler presented to the New Zealand Antarctic Society (Wellington Branch) and live-streamed to meetings in Auckland, Napier, Christchurch, Dunedin, and to individuals on the Antarctic Science Platform: Vision for the Future.
Sea levels are already rising as the world heats up, and we know that melting polar ice will be the biggest contributor – but the questions is will most of it come from Greenland or Antarctica?
Retreating glaciers and thinning snow and ice are the future of New Zealand’s mountains. Climate researchers are seeking to predict what will change, and when. The Deep South National Science Challenge is taking a lead role in helping decision-makers plan for the coming century.
Congratulations to Dr Bella Duncan, who is among four Victoria University of Wellington researchers awarded Rutherford Foundation New Zealand Postdoctoral Fellowships. Three of them for research that will be carried out with the ARC.
The East Antarctic Ice Sheet melted during extended warm periods in the past when temperatures were similar to those predicted for the coming century, a new study published in Nature has shown.
Over the last eight glacial/interglacial cycles CO2 varied between 180 and 280 ppm. In comparison in 2016, CO2 concentrations were 403.3 ppm globally.
As global sea level continues to rise at an accelerating rate, our ice-sheet modelling research focuses on better understanding how the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets are contributing to this rise, and how they might respond to future environmental changes.
Glaciers have long been of scientific interest as sensitive indicators of climate change - but we are now starting to realise how important they are for economic reasons too.
Victoria University of Wellington PhD student Florence Isaacs was announced today as the recipient of an Antarctica New Zealand scholarship.
Antarctic ice melt is still accelerating - up to 1m sea rise by end of century, new study shows.
