Greenhouse gases trapped in 3,000 year-old Antarctic ice are being extracted and analysed for clues to Earth’s climate past. The gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – were trapped as snow gradually compressed into ice, about one hundred metres below the surface…
Australian Antarctic Program | Press Releases
- Leading the way into a new season in Antarctica
- Australian Antarctic Program launches recruitment campaign for 2027/28 season
- Public consultation opens on Draft Marine Reserve Management Plan for Heard Island and McDonald Islands
- 'How long will I be away?' and 'Do I have to have my appendix out?': Frequently Asked Questions about working for the Australian Antarctic Program
- More than big planes: Operation Southern Discovery celebrates a decade of Antarctic collaboration
- Ice cores, krill and ship-based science the focus for Australian Antarctic monitoring program, conference told
- Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to remove Australian Antarctic Program expeditioners from sub-Antarctic island as H5 bird flu threat approaches
- Davis midwinter 'restaurant' gains plaudits from world-famous eatery
- US expeditioner retrieved from Antarctica in challenging midwinter rescue
- Winter's return: Grey petrels continue to recolonise Macquarie Island
