Today’s SCAR Geosciences webinar (18 Sep, 18:00 UTC) is all about mapping the Southern Ocean seafloor. Meet IBCSO (International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean) and learn how bathymetry is revealing hidden seafloor features. 🌊 ✅ Register here: bit.ly/scar-geosciences

Good opportunity for #aus #antarctic scientists to join @scar-antarctic.bsky.social science groups. @antarcticsciaus.bsky.social @antarctic.bsky.social @amosupdates.bsky.social

Registration for this PSECCO international networking event closes tomorrow. Please have your intentions and goals in mind so we can make this event as collaborative and impactful as possible when you register for this event! We look forward to seeing many of you there! The link to register is below

We’re delighted to announce that Pablo Ruiz Teneb (INACH, Punta Arenas) has been selected as the winner of the SCARFISH logo competition. Thank you to everyone who entered and to the selection panel for their careful work - and congratulations, Pablo! 🎉 🐟 More on SCARFISH: scar.org/science/life...

For this month’s #IDWGS2025, meet Vaibhavi Dwivedi, PhD candidate at @utas.edu.au. From law to Antarctic governance, she studies how the Antarctic Treaty System addresses plastic pollution, building on her previous work in Hawai‘i, climate literacy in India, and ocean conservation worldwide.

The next SCAR Geosciences Webinar Series is happening today and it's going to be fiery! 👉 Today’s session (10 Sep, 15:00 UTC) showcases the work of AntVolc (Antarctic Volcanism). ✅ Please register in advance: bit.ly/scar-geosciences

📚 Hot off the press: The Polar Early Career World Summit Synthesis Report is now out! Published by @polarsecco.bsky.social and the APECS Directorate. The voices of 238 early-career polar researchers share priorities for ICARP IV & IPY-5. zenodo.org/records/1699...

Want to see your news, events, opportunities or photos featured in the monthly SCAR Newsletter? 🌍 📰 We warmly invite colleagues to share their updates with us through our new submission form. Submissions will be reviewed for future issues. Contribute here: form.jotform.com/252512253121...

Congratulations to Jan Strugnell, Sally Lau, Nerida Wilson, Nick Golledge & Tim Naish on winning the 2025 Eureka Prize! Their groundbreaking use of octopus DNA revealed a past collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, showing risks of >1.5°C warming. 🐙 scar.org/community-ne...

The International Glaciological Society (IGS) invites nominations for the following awards: Seligman Crystal, Richardson Medal, Honorary Membership, Early Career & Firn Award. Deadline: 28 Sep 2025. Plus, join the Awards Committee (due 25 Sep). 👉 www.igsoc.org/about/awards

❄ #SCARCBET heads skyward this month as the @bas.ac.uk invites YOU to send your name on an extraordinary Antarctic expedition: Ticket to Antarctica! Submit your name by 2 October: 🎟️ tickettoantarctica.com

🌍❄️ Registration is now open for the Kick-Off of the SCAR Plastic in Polar Environments Expert Group (SPEG)! 📅 11 September 2025 ⏰ 14:00-16:00 CET 💻 Online Learn about recent activities and new groups on monitoring, impacts, policy & engagement! Register here 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

The SCAR Code of Conduct is now available on our website. The Code provides practical guidance to ensure that all members of our community are treated with dignity and respect and that our activities are conducted in an open, professional and supportive environment. 🌐 scar.org/about-us/val...

This Sunday, 31 August 2025 is the last day to apply for the SCAR Visiting Scholar Scheme! 🌍❄️ The scheme supports scientists and academics (>5 years post-PhD) to undertake a short-term visit to another SCAR member country, offering or receiving training and mentoring. scar.org/fellowships-...

Noémie Friscourt’s Ant-ICON/SC-ATS Fellowship report is now out! Her work links Antarctic fur seal ecology with CCAMLR’s monitoring priorities, bridging science & policy. 🦭 scar.org/scar-news/pr...

🚨 The next Geosciences Webinar is happening today! Discover Ice Sheet Margin (RINGS) with the SCAR Geosciences. 📅 28 Aug at 14:00 UTC. Learn how Antarctic ice sheet edges shape climate + sea-level change. Please register in advance: form.jotform.com/251593855984...

The @bepsiiseaice.bsky.social team has published a new chapter on Sea-Ice Ecosystems in Comprehensive Cryospheric Science. ❄️🌊 It details habitats, biology, climate impacts, and ecological management, offering a resource for research and teaching. ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍❄️ Got an idea for a session, workshop or mini-symposium at the SCAR Open Science Conference 2026? This is your moment! The call for event proposals closes this Sunday, 31 August ⏰ 👉 Submit here: scar.org/events/osc/o... #SCAR2026

Inaugural plenary lecture by Prof. Gary Wilson @scar-antarctic.bsky.social at the XIV International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences , Punta Arenas, Chile #ISAES2025 @inach_gob

With #ISAES2025 currently in full swing in Punta Arenas, Chile, what better time to look at some of the SCAR events in the weeks and months ahead? 🗓️ scar.org/events/event...

From Ice to Insta: SCAR is now on Instagram, alongside our accounts on Facebook, Bluesky, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Follow us @scar.antarctic for Antarctic news, behind-the-scenes science, and maybe even a reel or two. Don’t forget to tap Follow! ➡️ www.instagram.com/scar.antarct...

🌊 Now open: Applications for HIFMB’s 2026 postdoc cohort, “The Dilemma of the Southern Ocean”. @hifmb.de @awi.de Applications close 24 August: hifmb.de/institute/hi...

🌎 Registration is open for the 7th ANGWIN & AWE Science Team Meeting 📅 6–10 Oct 2025 · Utah State University, Logan, USA Advances in gravity wave science: satellite, ground-based, theory & modelling. ECR support is available — apply by 31 Aug. awe.physics.usu.edu/angwin/25/

If you're interested in what kind of new outreach initiatives are available in the Antarctic research community, check out #SCARBET!

📉 Antarctic sea ice has hit record lows between 2022 and 2025. A new summary on the Antarctic Environments Portal explores the causes, consequences, and signs of a lasting regime shift in the sea ice system. Full article: doi.org/10.48361/KVK...

The abstract submission deadline for the 2025 SC-HASS conference "Antarctica in Times of Change" is coming up soon! Submit your abstracts by Saturday, 9 August: scar.org/scar-news/20...

Our July newsletter just went out! Featuring... ❄️ Major new RINGS community review paper ✍️ Last chance to submit SCAR Fellowship application 🪨 AGE community survey 📚 Antarctic Environments Portal board members & publications Read: mailchi.mp/scar/july-sc... Or subscribe: bit.ly/scar-newsletter

📢 New on the Antarctic Environments Portal: "Acidification in the Southern Ocean – current state and future challenges" explores recent trends, biological impacts and research needs. Full article 🌊 doi.org/10.48361/XBQ...

Registration is open for the XIV International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences (ISAES 2025)! 🇨🇱 18–22 August in the Dreams Hotel, Punta Arenas, Chile 📝 Early bird registration closes 2 Aug All info is available from the ISAES website: site.inach.cl/isaes2025/

📢 Save the date! 📢 The SCAR Plastic in Polar Environment Expert Group (SPEG) is holding a virtual Kick-Off Meeting on 11 September, 2–4pm CET. SPEG will introduce activities & launch new Working Groups on: 🧪 Plastic monitoring ⚖️ Impact assessment 🧭 Science-policy integration 🌐 Public engagement

🔍 What do people *really* know and think about Antarctica? A new information summary on the Antarctic Environments Portal explores global public awareness - and why it matters. Read more ➡️ doi.org/10.48361/he3...

Curious about Antarctica’s deep past & its role in Earth’s systems? Our new programme planning group AGE seeks your input to shape its vision. AGE aims to advance understanding of Antarctica’s geological evolution by integrating new data, methods & models. ▶️ Share your insights: bit.ly/age-survey

🌐 The Antarctic Environments Portal welcomes 15 new Editorial Board members from 14 countries. These experts will help to support the growing library of peer-reviewed information summaries supporting Antarctic policy & conservation. Welcome to the team! environments.aq

The deadline for the 2025 SCAR Fellowship Scheme is approaching soon! This year we're offering 4-5 fellowships with up to $15,000 in funding per award. 🗓️ Prepare your application now and apply by 31 July: scar.org/fellowships-...

Missed the first two SCAR Geosciences webinars? Good news, the recordings are now available on the SCAR YouTube channel. 🔹 SCAR Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project (ADMAP) Expert Group: youtu.be/S_D0gKim6iM

🇦🇶 Antarctica’s coastal zone is changing fast & it matters globally. A new #AntarcticRINGS review paper maps what we know, what we don’t & why it matters for sea-level rise. 🌊 Explore fresh insights, a Quantarctica-friendly data package & all figures as downloadable slides: scar.org/scar-news/cr...

Hello from Milan! 🇮🇹 SCAR attended the #ATCM47 & 27th CEP meetings from 23 June–3 July as an Observer, offering vital scientific insights. SCAR President Prof Gary Wilson delivered the lecture “Urgent Messages from the South”. All lecture materials and papers are available from the SCAR Library.

Nominations are now open for the U.S. Representative to the SCAR Physical Sciences Scientific Group. Self-nominations are welcome. Deadline: 28 July.

A new paper shows how two mesoscale cyclones supercharged glacier mass balance on the South Shetland Islands - driving massive snowfall spikes in summer & winter. Published by our SCAR Fellow Christian Torres at al. as an outcome of the 2022 SCAR Fellowship scheme! doi.org/10.1002/qj.5...

Reminder: The first SCAR Geosciences webinar will take place tomorrow at 4pm UTC. Learn more about the SCAR Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project (ADMAP): scar.org/science/geo/... Please register in advance: form.jotform.com/251593855984...

Head's up! There's a number of deadlines coming up for our Fellowship and Award schemes, so don't miss out. Here's an overview of all of our schemes and who they are for: scar.org/fellowships-...

Become part of the APECS Leadership Team! Applications are now open for APECS Council Leadership positions (deadline 16 July) and APECS Project Group Leader positions (deadline 3 August). More info & how to apply: www.apecs.is/news/apecs-n...

🧊❄️ New Resource: Repository of Tourism Research ❄️ Antarctic tourism is growing-and so is the need to understand its impact. Members of SCAR's Ant-TAG have compiled a repository of peer-reviewed studies exploring tourism’s effects, governance & management in Antarctica. scar.org/science/hass...

🌊 Call for Nominations Join the @soosocean.bsky.social Scientific Steering Committee. Help guide international efforts in Southern Ocean science and observation. 🗓️ Deadline: 15 July 2025 🔗 More info: soos.aq/opportunitie...

The ‘ADAPT’ project is running a short survey (8–10 minutes) on potential challenges to sustainable tourism in Antarctica. It looks at how different risk scenarios might shape the region’s tourism future. ▶️ nhlstenden.survalyzer.eu/utzkoszksd?l...

Goodbye June, hello July! Our newsletter just went out, featuring... 🇦🇶 #SCAR2026 Call for event proposals ✏️ Call for Fellowship reviewers 🌊 Report from #UNOC3 🦐 2025 SCAR Life Science Group Fellowship Programme 🪨 Geosciences webinar series 👥 event reports and more! mailchi.mp/scar/june-sc...

Today’s the final day to submit your logo design for the new SCAR Action Group SCARFISH! 🐟 Win a $500 travel voucher and showcase your creativity! Deadline: 30 June @ 23:59 UTC scar.org/scar-news/li...

Reminder: The application deadline for the XIV ISAES SCAR Travel Awards is coming up soon! Submit your details by 30 June 2025: scar.org/scar-news/is...

📢 The 12th SCAR Open Science Conference is heading to Oslo, Norway, 10–14 August 2026 🇳🇴! The call for sessions, symposia, workshops & more is now open and we can't wait to hear from you. 🗓️ Deadlines: 31 Aug 2025 / 31 Jan 2026 Let’s shape #SCAR2026 together. scar.org/scar-news/os...