A bird's eye view of New Zealand's changing glaciers
Forty years of continuous end-of-summer snowline monitoring of New Zealand's glaciers brings the issue of human-induced climate change into tight focus.
2018 News
Explore the Centre’s news stories from 2018.
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Opportunity to join an international glaciology and climate modelling team
We are seeking to recruit two PhD students to join an international glaciology and climate modelling team. Our project, supported by the Royal Society Marsden Fund, aims to identify the drivers of the Antarctic Cold Reversal, a Southern Hemisphere climate change that occurred around 14,000 years ago.
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Huw Horgan's says about drilling into the Antarctic ice
Five minutes with an ice scientist, Huw Horgan in the first of a new series of interviews in NewsRoom with young researcher, Eloise Gibson about drilling into the Antarctic ice and what it reveals about the future of New Zealand's beaches.
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ARC Glaciologist's research on Franz Josef Glacier
From a ledge high above Franz Josef, Dr Brian Anderson, a glaciologist at Antarctic Research Centre looks down at the steep, ice-carved valley below.
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ARC researchers selected as lead authors for the next IPCC report
Victoria University of Wellington expertise will be a major contributor to a report that will steer government climate policies across the globe.
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ARC student won a Science Media Centre Award
Jamey Stutz has won a Science Media Centre award for his short video 'History of David Glacier from the Cosmos to Atoms'.
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ARC scientists measure glaciers after record-beating summer
Climate scientists and glaciologists are taking to the skies this week to find out how New Zealand’s glaciers are faring following this summer’s record-breaking warmth. Three ARC scientists are joining NIWA’s annual long-term aerial snowline survey of up to 50 glaciers across the South Island.
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ARC-led research vessel returns from Ross Sea expedition
After two months in the Ross Sea, the Victoria University of Wellington-led JOIDES Resolution research vessel has returned carrying substantial new discoveries about the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.