Sail into the heart of Antarctica's largest sea ice factory with us, where 12 Kiwi researchers onboard the Laura Bassi saw sea ice retreat first hand, collected sediment cores and studied coastal ecosystems in the Ross Sea region MPA.

📽️ Lana Young
NIWA Antarctic Science Platform

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Why artificial submarine curtains won’t save West Antarctica’s retreating glaciers theconversation.com/why-artificial… #climate #antarctica #sealevelrise #geoengineering Alanna Alevropoulos-Borrill Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Science Platform NZSeaRise SCAR_PAIS Veronika Meduna 🌏

I have a commentary in Nature about our disquieting inability to explain why 2023 was so warm. nature.com/articles/d4158…

My first for Science Magazine - about the silent end of Te Ara Paerangi, the multi-year plan to overhaul NZ's science system. Great to work with editors David Malakoff and Jeff Brainard

There have been no formal announcements about the silent end to New Zealand's most significant attempt at reforming the research system in decades. As I say in here, there could be large cuts to important research capacity. science.org/content/articl…

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What did we achieve in our first scientific drilling season at KIS-3? A lot!

A summary of today's press release, in tweets!

#SWAIS2C #Antarctica #HowMuchHowFast

🧵1/ The document leaked today confirms that the government's intention here is not to define the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi but to erase them. I am a lecturer in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, here is why I think that...

The 2024 edition of the Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology will take place from July 9 to 25. See this site for course information, including on how to apply: urbinossp.wordpress.com

Setting out to do ambitious things in Antarctica means that sometimes things don't go exactly as planned. Due to technical issues we had to end the 1st SWAIS2C field season early. We are incredibly proud of what we've achieved so far & can’t wait to return to KIS-3 next year. 1/3

Who are we?

Where are we heading?

And who will we be when we get there?

My year-end politics column.

Please read it (🙏🏽), no matter who you voted for, because - where are we heading?

John Campbell: Are we on the cusp of something new or something old?
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Genomic evidence for West Antarctic Ice collapse during the Last Interglacial | Science science.org/doi/abs/10.112…. Proud to be part of this novel interdisciplinary project & concerned about its implications for #SLR . Sally Lau Nerida Wilson Nick Golledge Prof Jan Strugnell Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

The Antarctic mission for ‘the discovery for our lifetime’ has been in the news 📺

Did you catch Richard Levy, the project’s Co-Chief Scientist (GNS Science and Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington ) on 1News last night? 👇mtr.cool/pzcxnhitnb

A brilliant essay by Christopher Ketcham on the illogical and frankly psychopathic economic reasoning that reduces mass death, planetary tipping points and societal collapse to mere hiccups in economic life. Well worth reading in full. theintercept.com/2023/10/29/wil…

Only 2 more weeks till the US launch - a perfect Christmas gift idea 😉

FEEDBACK: Uncovering the Hidden Connections Between Life and the Universe shorturl.at/acmAZ

#earth #life #climate #humans #society #self #beyond #complexity #science #philosophy #nature Rowman & Littlefield

Professor Rob McKay gives his inaugural lecture Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Awesome summary of how ocean drilling has advanced our understanding of the Antarctic ice sheets!

We’ve spent the last few years modelling the future of the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica, and I regret to inform you that it’s not good news. nature.com/articles/s4155…