Science at the Shine Dome 2012
Summary: Annual symposium 100 years of Antarctic Science As to the Antarctic ... almost every observation would be fresh material added to the sum of human knowledge. These are the words of explorer Douglas Mawson, who led a team of men (mostly scientists) into an unknown part of Antarctica in 1911. His venture, the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911–14, opened new and exciting opportunities for scientific exploration and endeavour. A hundred years later, the Australian Academy of Science presents an exploration of the diverse scientific endeavours that have resulted. The symposium brings together national and international experts who have worked in Antarctica on subjects as diverse as physics, genetics, geology, meteorology, biology, glaciology and climate change. Mawson was a founding Fellow of the Academy. He knew that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are significant influences on Australia's weather. We now know that the region is susceptible to rapid change, and that high latitude processes involving ocean currents, sea ice and the carbon cycle affect the rest of the globe. This symposium celebrates a century of scientific endeavour. It is also an acknowledgement that, 100 years after Mawson's pioneering expedition, there is still much to learn.
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Podcasts:
Wrap up and close Dr Ian Allison Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Paleoenvironmental records from Antarctica Professor Tim Naish Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
The Antarctic ice sheet, ice cores and climate Dr Tas van Ommen Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
The Southern Ocean and climate Dr Stephen Rintoul FAA CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research
Climate and Meteorology of the Antarctic region Dr Phillip Reid Bureau of Meteorology
Launch of Frank Stillwell’s 1911-13 Antarctic diaries Dr Tony Fleming Australian Antarctic Division
Looking through the ice: the landscape of subglacial Antarctica Professor Martin J. Siegert The University of Edinburgh, UK
Links between the geology of Antarctica and Australia Dr Kate Selway The University of Adelaide
Changing Southern Ocean Biogeochemistry: the Influence of Iron and CO2 Professor Thomas Trull University of Tasmania
Marine biodiversity in the Southern Ocean: new paradigms of speciation and connectivity Dr Jan Strugnell La Trobe University
Terrestrial vegetation of East Antarctica in a changing climate Professor Sharon Robinson University of Wollongong
The South Magnetic Pole Dr Charles Barton Australian National University
Introduction Dr Tony Fleming Australian Antarctic Division
Welcome Professor Mike Coffin IMAS UTAS
