#SOTSvoyage, day 1: After many delays and some engine issues that needed fixing, the #RVInvestigator finally left the Hobart this morning! Excited to be in board to get some science done before I leave Australia for NZ. Stay tuned for updates!

✨GRADUATED✨ Drifters lab members Inessa Corney, Dr Cassie Pavez and Sylvie King (valedictorian) attended their graduations last night. Congratulations on successfully completing your studies!

#SOTSvoyage, day 2: still steaming south on the #RVInvestigator! Looks like we'll avoid the storm over SE Tassie. Talking of weather - I got to let go a weather balloon today! Yay, science! Pic: K. Baker

Huge week for the Drifters this week! Dr. Svenja Halfter and Katy Baker set sail on the #rvinvestigator as part of the SOTS: automated moorings for climate and carbon cycle studies in the Southern Ocean voyage. We wish them smooth sailing and hope they have a successful trip!

#SOTSvoyage, day 3: We arrived at the Integrated Marine Observing System SOTS (Southern Ocean Time Series) site! Sensors and sediment traps have been out here for more than a year to collect important data on how the #SouthernOcean is impacted by #climatechange. #RVInvestigator

Abstract submission for SCAR open science closing soon (June 1)! I'm convening a session with Cath King and Tim Spedding on #contaminant impacts and #remediation in #Antarctica Submit your abstracts at scar2022.org/588-2/ Hope to see you there! #SCAR2022 Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

Welcome Camila Cataldo-Mendez ! Camila's PhD project will use biomarkers to trace how changing sea ice affects the ecological roles of Antarctic krill and zooplankton in the Southern Ocean @weldrixx IMAS

1st announcement: the #ZPS7 7th ICES/PICES Zooplankton Production Symposium will be held in Hobart – nipaluna, Tasmania, Aus, 17–22 Mar 2024. More details to follow later in the year. ICES PICES - North Pacific Marine Science Organization University of Tasmania IMAS

3rd year students got their hands on some Antarctic macrourid fish in the lab the other day with @Dale_Masch

Happy #WorldKrillDay

I'm never going to not love this picture. #DeepSea #Amphipod #Antarctica #SouthernOcean

👉 Submit your session proposals by 31 October 2022 for the #SOOSSymposium2023

ID help! Who knows this species of jelly? Very small and found in coastal New Zealand in summer. Got lots of them in my sample! @GerlienVerhaeg @JellyfishVibes Jessica Schaub

Are you interested in the pathways krill take as they are washed around Antarctica, and how that may change in the future? New #PhD project at IMAS with me and Abigail JR Smith utas.edu.au/research/degre…

Many #PhD opportunities looking at sea ice, Antarctic Bottom Water, krill, the Larsen C ice shelf, and many more! Includes AAPP top-up scholarship 🦐❄️🌊 IMAS 👇 aappartnership.org.au/phd-projects/

I gave a short interview on my work on zooplankton🦐 and how they help us store carbon in the ocean 🌊 and fight #climatechange! 🥳 Also featured: McLane Research Labs sediment traps that collect sinking particles as part of the Integrated Marine Observing System Southern Ocean Time Series! Link below👇

I presented my first poster of my PhD the other week at the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership annual workshop. I have attached a picture of it here if anyone is interested in what the DriftersLab have been up to this year

Come join our lab group! Are you interested in a phd looking at zooplankton and ocean productivity? Then we have just the project for you! Full details of the project can be found below: protect-au.mimecast.com/s/6qqcCoVzE9Hr…

We are very proud of Drifters lab member @sylvie_king_ who travelled to Germany to present the initial results of her research at the #IGSSeaICE conference. Such an exciting opportunity!

👏 Congrats to AAPP/IMAS PhD student Pimnara ‘Nia’ Riengchan on landing an award from the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment. Nia studies how ocean acidification affects the shell-building of planktonic sea snails (pteropods) in the Southern Ocean. ecolsoc.org.au/awards/holswor…