Australian Antarctic Division

Scientists are using DNA to identify seabird species caught during longline fishing operations in Australian waters. The technology improves the accuracy of ‘bycatch’ reporting and monitoring and helps inform seabird conservation efforts. Read more: https://lnkd.in/grjwQ9Gy 📷 Mike Double

It’s Antarctica Day! ❄️ We are celebrating all things Antarctica today as we mark the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959 and its enduring principles of peace, scientific endeavour and international cooperation. 🖋️ Every day our people are working to better understand and protect the icy continent and surrounding ocean. 🐧 Find out more about Antarctica and the Australian Antarctic Program on our website 👉 www.antarctica.gov.au

📢Are you interested in Antarctic jobs and science? The latest issue of our online newsletter 'Antarctic Insider' has you covered. 👀 Read online or subscribe for free: https://lnkd.in/gspKpXn 📷 Martin Kucera

Everyday jobs in an extraordinary place. Apply now to live and work in Antarctica! We’re recruiting more than 200 people for a wide range of trades and technical roles to help keep our Antarctic stations running. Apply now and be part of the team to head down South in late 2025. Check out the full range of jobs on offer here: https://lnkd.in/dPJbSKt

🌈Yesterday Antarctic expeditioners and head office staff celebrated #PolarPrideDay, recognising the important contributions LGBTQIA+ people make to polar research and life on station. Our colourful communities enjoyed rainbow cake and conversation, as we celebrated inclusion and diversity in the Australian Antarctic Program. Photos: Gordon Hutcheon, Jes$oncé, Anne Hellie

🐧Australian scientists have used satellite imagery to look at changes in the fast-ice breeding habitat of emperor penguin colonies across East Antarctica. They say some colonies are at high risk of being unable to rear their chicks to fledging, and that the species has limited capacity and time to adapt to rapid environmental change. More: https://lnkd.in/gF-uBvKA 📷D. McVeigh 🛰European Space Agency - ESA Sentinel-2 satellites

🚢RSV Nuyina heads south to Antarctica today, on a 6-week return voyage to Davis research station. 🍎🍦The ship is carrying 100 expeditioners, 38 crew and 700 tonnes of cargo, including 450 litres of ice cream, 350 kg of apples and 100 kg of coffee beans. Once there, teams will focus on station resupply, refuelling, infrastructure works and science. 🌬🌊Wishing all those on board fair winds and following seas.   Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gkd9P8Nj

New 'environmental DNA' (eDNA) technology promises to improve efforts to monitor marine life in the Southern Ocean, and detect the presence of non-native marine species close to Antarctica. 🦐 During a voyage between Hobart and Antarctica, scientists collected seawater samples and examined the eDNA in the samples to see which zooplankton species (tiny marine animals) had been present at the time the samples were collected. Learn more about what they found 👉 https://lnkd.in/g4BE7j3a 📷 S. Payne, AAD

It's September! 🐧That means it's time to see lots of new emperor penguin chicks, and the latest issue of our online newsletter 'Antarctic Insider'. As well as this stunning cover image, the latest issue features some out-of-this-world (almost) stories about astronauts and iridescent clouds, as well as the latest research on biodiviersity monitoring and understanding the contribution of the Antarctic ice sheet to sea-level rise. Read online or subscribe for free at https://lnkd.in/gspKpXn 📷Sophie Counsell

🤔How much will sea levels rise over the next 10, 20 or 100 years due to the melting of the Antarctic Ice Sheet, Earth’s largest ice mass? ❄The dynamic Antarctic and Southern Ocean environment makes it a difficult question to answer, but scientists have identified actions to improve understanding of future ice sheet behaviour, and sea-level rise projections. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/giYRkQhP 📷 Adrian Pate