News and Updates from the SCAR Life Science Groups.
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EG-ABI Data visualisation competition: “Impacts of climate change around Antarctica and the Southern Ocean”
29 Sep 2023Data is important for us to understand the impact of climate change on Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems. But it is not until we visualise… -
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), the Committee for Environment Protection (CEP) and the International…
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The Southern Ocean is a unique environment that experiences rapid change in some areas while remaining relatively untouched by human activities. At the same time,…
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New IMPACT Group Publication
15 May 2023The SCAR Input Pathways of Persistent Organic Pollutants to Antarctica (ImPACT) Action Group has published a horizon scan of priority actions and challenges in Persistent Organic Pollutant… -
Ant-ICON’s Theme 2 (Human Impacts) held two community workshops late last year to gauge interest in a Ant-ICON State of the Antarctic Environment project. The…
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The abstract and travel grant application deadline has been extended for the INSTANT Conference 2023 in Trieste from 11-14 September. The new deadline is 17 April…
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We are excited to share a new interactive data map of persistent organic pollutants (POP) concentrations in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The map was created using…
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Due to demand, the deadline for abstract submission to the SCAR Biology Symposium has been extended to 28 March 2023. See the full range of…
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We are pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural SCAR Ant-ICON | SC-ATS science-policy fellowship programme for early-mid career researchers (EMCRs). The fellowship programme will fund…
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Travel grants for INSTANT 2023 conference
03 Mar 2023INSTANT Conference 2023 will be offering a limited number of travel grants to participate in the conference in Trieste from 11-14 September. Grants may cover part or all of… -
The SCAR Krill Expert Group (SKEG) announces its second annual workshop, being held on 20-24 March at 18:00-21:00 UTC. The theme of the workshop will…
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SCAR INSTANT Conference 2023 - 2nd Circular
15 Feb 2023The 2nd circular for the INSTANT (INStabilities & Thresholds in ANTarctica) Conference 2023 has been released. The INSTANT Conference 2023 will take place on September 11-14,… -
Obituary: Andrés Barbosa (1964-2023)
02 Feb 2023It is with deep sadness that SCAR has learnt of the recent death from cancer of Dr Andrés Barbosa. Dr Barbosa was a biologist and… -
XIII SCAR Biology Symposium, 31 July - 4 August 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand Welcome to Aotearoa New Zealand and specifically Ōtautahi Christchurch, where the organisers invite…
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A new article titled "Threat management priorities for conserving Antarctic biodiversity" has been published in PLOS Biology. This article contributes to SCAR's 'Integrated Science to inform Antarctic…
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We are pleased to announce the inaugural SCAR Ant-ICON | SC-ATS science-policy fellowship programme for early-mid career researchers (EMCRs). The aim of the fellowship programme is…
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New publication on Ant-ICON in Antarctic Science
05 Dec 2022A new publication on the importance of the Ant-ICON Programme, Ant-ICON's research and synthesis themes and outputs has been published in Antarctic Science:'Ant-ICON - ‘Integrated Science… -
The second seminar of the INSTANT geothermal heat flow (GHF) subcommittee will be held on Wednesday 9th November at 7:00 am UTC. Felicity McCormack from…
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The 41th annual the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) Meeting started in Hobart, Tasmania, earlier this week. Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is…
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XIII Biology Symposium 2023 - First Announcement
18 Oct 2022XIII SCAR Biology Symposium, 31 July - 4 August 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand The organisers invite you to join us in Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand),… -
The Human Impacts and Sustainability research theme of the SCAR Scientific Research Programme Ant-ICON are hosting an online workshop to gauge interest in an Ant-ICON ‘State of…
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