30 September 2025, The Conversation: Air temperatures over Antarctica have soared 35ºC above average. What does this unusual event mean for Australia? Right now, cold air high above Antarctica is up to 35ºC warmer than normal. Normally, strong winds and the … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Antarctica
13 June 2025, The Conversation: As Antarctic sea ice shrinks, iconic emperor penguins are in more peril than we thought. When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming … Continue reading →
Antarctic heat, wild Australian winter: what’s happening to the weather and what it means for the rest of the year
The Conversation, 5 August 2024: Antarctic heat, wild Australian winter: what’s happening to the weather and what it means for the rest of the year. Australia’s south and east have seen freezing temperatures and wild weather this winter. At the same time, the continent as … Continue reading →
26 March 2024, Carbon Brief: Antarctic sea ice ‘behaving strangely’ as Arctic reaches ‘below-average’ winter peak. Antarctic sea ice is “behaving strangely” and might have entered a “new regime”, the director of the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) tells … Continue reading →