The 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

INSTANT 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…

The 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,…

It 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…

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…

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…

A 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…

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…

XIII 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…

4 days of lectures & practical exercises, a 1 day field trip to examine records of land uplift and sea level change, and a unique…

One of the goals of BEPSII is to educate and support Early Career Scientists (ECS). With the first BEPSII Sea-Ice School we aimed to teach…