Knowledge Hub

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We aim to share and communicate our research, to benefit New Zealand and the international community. You can browse, filter by category or type, or search by keywords.

Sampling soils for microbiological analyses in Victoria Valley.

Case Study: Machine learning-assisted meta-analysis of biological research in Antarctica

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2022
Document Type: Case Studies, Science
Summary: To understand what Antarctic ecosystems may look like in a warming world, it’s critical to first comprehensively understand the current-day biodiversity and biogeography.
Fish below the platelet layer

Case Study: Bespoke technology is advancing Antarctic research

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2022
Document Type: Case Studies
Summary: The long-term perspective of the Antarctic Science Platform has afforded research partners the certainty to invest in new equipment.
Deploying NZ oceanographic mooring equipment in the Ross Sea

Case Study: International cooperation and ocean monitoring in the Ross Sea

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2022
Document Type: Case Studies, Science, Fieldwork
Summary: The Antarctic Science Platform is collaborating across New Zealand and with other nations to share and deploy resources into Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
Antarctic Treaty System NZ delegation

Case Study: Scientific Advice to International Antarctic Treaty Meetings

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2022
Document Type: Case Studies, Science
Summary: New Zealand is one of 12 original signatories to the Antarctic Treaty (signed in 1959), and these annual international meetings are a key target for the Platform’s research data, findings and new understandings.
Antarctic landcape from the air

Case Study: ASP researchers contribute the IPCC Assessment Report 6

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2021
Document Type: Case Studies
Summary: Platform researchers have contributed to the sixth IPCC Assessment Report.
Tangaroa in pack ice from workboat

Case Study: The 2021 ReLiCC voyage of the RV Tangaroa: contributions to the strategic intent of the Antarctic Science Platform

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2021
Document Type: Case Studies
Summary: The Ross Sea Life in a Changing Climate (ReLiCC) voyage undertaken by the RV Tangaroa in 2021 was the first to support a significant amount of research from the Antarctic Science Platform (ASP).
Modelling Hub

Case Study: Development of a National Capability for Improving Antarctic Environmental Projections for Evidence-based Decision Making

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2020
Document Type: Case Studies
Summary: The ASP has collaborated with Victoria University of Wellington, GNS Science and NIWA to create the ASP National Modelling Hub.
SWAIS 2C

Case Study: Development of an international scientific drilling consortium to understand “Stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in a 2°C warmer world” (SWAIS-2C Initiative)

Authors: Antarctic Science Platform
Year Published: 2020
Document Type: Case Studies
Summary: In a world first, ASP Project 1 Leader, Richard Levy and Objective 1 Leader, Gavin Dunbar, have had extraordinary success in developing an international research consortium involving scientists from nine nations.