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Located at the gateway to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, IMAS is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for marine and Antarctic research and teaching: www.utas.edu.au/imas CRICOS provider code: 00586B
How do international Antarctic partnerships benefit the life and work of researchers? IMAS/AAPP researcher Dr Alex Fraser said they are "a fantastic way to broaden collaborative networks, especially for young scientists."
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"We are addressing a critical challenge": the future of marine ecosystem modelling 🐟 - @fishmarinemip.bsky.social
Find out what happens when dozens of marine ecosystem specialists from around the world come together ⬇️
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#Antarctic sea ice is:
⚙️ a global climate engine
☂️ a cooling sunshade
🌀 a pumphouse for currents
🧊 a vast verandah for life
♻️ one of the largest seasonal cycles on Earth
🌬️ highly sensitive to climate variability
🌊 What happens when there's less sea ice?
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Students using the microscope in the lab. Credit: Adam Gibson
Students using the microscope in the lab. Credit: Adam Gibson
Galapagos Sharks captured by IMAS researchers using baited remote under video (BRUV)
For Megan Chang, the Professional Masters stream at IMAS was an exciting pathway to a career in the aquaculture industry.
By turning recycled marine samples into a classroom resource, Megan Chang is creating educational tools for the next generation of fisheries scientists. Megan reused old research samples and materials, including underwater footage. See what she did 👉 tinyurl.com/mrx98y3b
17.07.2025 02:25 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A marine science pioneer, an emerging leader & a scientist with a passion for elevating Indigenous perspectives in marine conservation have taken centre stage as Australian Marine Sciences Association award recipients this year. Dive in to find out what inspires them - and us! tinyurl.com/5utrdvnj
09.07.2025 00:48 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Now is not the time to put funding on ice. Australian Antarctic field programs should be ambitious as the rule not the exception, writes Professor Matt King in today's Mercury Newspaper, republished here: tinyurl.com/2zhpbryk
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Recent record summer lows in Antarctic sea ice are a window into a future warmer climate with more extreme events, but what impacts can we expect? New research clearly shows that faster action on climate change is vital to prevent even more drastic changes in the future: tinyurl.com/Low-summer-s...
01.07.2025 23:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Seas the opportunity 🚢 Applications for our 2026 CAPSTAN voyages are now open!
This exciting at-sea experience for university students & trainers is all happening aboard CSIRO's research vessel #RVInvestigator, with two voyage opportunities in 2026.
Apply now: www.csiro.au/capstan
🌏 climate history: AAPP has a key role in the Million Year Ice Core project with the Australian Antarctic Division — develop a state-of-the-art lab @imas-utas.bsky.social in Hobart to analyse the chemistry of air bubbles in ice cores retrieved from #Antarctica.
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IMAS / AAPP sea-ice researcher @edoddridge.bsky.social has been awarded the prestigious Dr Peter Smith Medal by The Royal Society of Tasmania, in recognition of his outstanding research on sea-ice changes around Antarctica.
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📸 Credit Bernard Pryor OAM. @utas.edu.au
What can the ancient rocks in the Denman region tell us?
Go deeper with Prof Jo Whittaker (IMAS) and Dr Karin Orth (UTAS) to discover what lies beneath, and how ancient rocks hold vital clues about how fast the Denman Glacier is melting ❄️ @utas.edu.au
Underwater camera captures sea life. Credit: IMAS
Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis infographic.
Diver among the seaweed. Credit: Scott Ling
IMAS and Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS) Professor Gretta Pecl AM
Unprecedented biodiversity loss and climate collapse are threatening livelihoods across the globe. Ecologists have been critical to uncovering the drivers of biodiversity decline. A new study outlines six actions for ecologists in a time of global environmental crisis: tinyurl.com/5n874r97
12.06.2025 00:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Primary school students learning about the ocean. Credit: Stefan Andrews | Great Southern Reef Foundation and Deakin University
A fever of rays. Photo: Amanda Cotton | Ocean Image Bank
Cover image: Credit Jordan Robbins | Ocean Image Bank
Professor Gretta Pecl AM showing two students a sample at the Beaker Street SquidFest in Tasmania. Credit: IMAS
Ocean literacy is an understanding of the ocean’s influence on us and our influence on it. It empowers communities to make informed decisions about the ocean. The need for ocean literacy is increasing in Australia and abroad, with researchers calling for a national strategy: tinyurl.com/3cmnvs4v
06.06.2025 00:35 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
As part of National Geographic Society & Rolex #PerpetualPlanet Ocean Expeditions, our IMAS ecologist Dr Jane Younger investigated emerging diseases in Antarctic wildlife aboard the R/V Falkor (too) in collaboration with the Schmidt Ocean Institute:🐧 youtu.be/PWV9O8un9P4
More info: bit.ly/3FGjgjX
"There are no images from this part of the Antarctic coastline, this is complete voyage of discovery stuff for us," said IMAS/ACEAS Adjunct Prof Emeritus Craig Johnson.
Watch the joy & science of mapping sea floor communities around the Denman Glacier for the very first time youtu.be/gzh5zf73yy4
A little-known ocean current surrounds Antarctica & shields it from warm water further north. Once a steadfast guardian of the icy continent, the Antarctic Slope Current is being transformed by the ice it protects. And it's putting the continent’s last line of defence at risk tinyurl.com/y36mwfje
28.05.2025 23:16 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Giant kelp in Tasmania. Credit: Hunter Forbes
Aerial view of the Alginates Australia kelp processing factory near Orford, Tasmania (Tasmanian Archives: AB713/1/12112).
Vessel Alga harvesting giant kelp near Orford on the east coast of Tasmania (Tasmanian Archives PH30/1/8612).
Our scientists have explored the history, methods & scale of a largely forgotten industry – commercial giant kelp wild harvesting. Harvested in Tasmania from 1964-1973, it would close within a decade. Knowing why provides insights to help future-proof seaweed industries today🌿 tinyurl.com/yx5svfek
28.05.2025 00:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
From East Antarctica to the world: @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social-funded outreach program goes global! Celebrating the power of connection through science on the Denman Marine Voyage 🌏 tinyurl.com/4bw335z3
📸 Antarctic & ice by Pete Harmsen for AAD, outreach by Katharina Hochmuth ACEAS
Professor Nicole Webster FAA. Credit: AAD
IMAS Executive Director, Prof Nicole Webster, has been elected as a Fellow of the #AustralianAcademyofScience in recognition of her dedication to driving innovative research for ocean and climate solutions - and her ocean passion inspires us all! Congratulations Prof Webster! tinyurl.com/mwtha8j3
22.05.2025 03:05 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Professor Philip Boyd said he is "honoured to be elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, and especially proud of this recognition for our important work to better understand the interactions between ocean biogeochemistry, Earth's carbon cycle, and climate".
Prof Boyd led the SOLACE voyage in 2020/2021, which set out to capture a detailed picture of how plant life in the Southern Ocean helps remove carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere. Image: Robert Strzepek AAPP
Huge congrats to our oceanographer Prof Philip Boyd who's been recognised for his ocean science leadership. He is among over 90 outstanding researchers from across the world who've been elected to the prestigious Fellowship of The Royal Society, UK’s nat'l academy of sciences: tinyurl.com/35dushm4
21.05.2025 00:09 — 👍 28 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 3
A radar image showing the Gamburtsev mountain range under layers of ice. Creyts et al (2014)
Mountain building causes deep crustal rocks to deform, fold and partially melt. Credit: Jacqueline Halpin IMAS
A new study has revealed how a large mountain chain buried deep below the East Antarctic ice sheet, grew & partly collapsed more than half a billion years ago. It helps explain why Antarctica’s interior has remained remarkably stable for hundreds of millions of years: tinyurl.com/yka84vfp
13.05.2025 01:22 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
How many science projects can you fit on one ship? Here's an amazing glimpse of the action on the Denman Marine Voyage to East #Antarctica on the RSV Nuyina.
And that's a wrap 🚢 youtu.be/tbnl7M4kZTk
With AAD @antarctic.bsky.social @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @arcsaef.bsky.social @utas.edu.au
Southern right whale cow-calf pairs off Western Australia. Credit: Joshua Smith
Australia’s population of Southern right whales has grown substantially since the late 1970s when they began to recover from whaling. But a new study reveals troubling signs that could mark a turning point in the population’s recovery: tinyurl.com/4rd9uu2z
08.05.2025 05:39 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
Denman Glacier. Credit: Pete Harmsen | AAD
There’s a hidden threat beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet and it could add more than two metres to global sea levels by 2300.
New research shows a vast network of lakes and streams under the thick ice sheet plays a far bigger role in Antarctic ice loss than previously thought 🌊 tinyurl.com/ky4de37v
