Spatial biologist • Researcher @UOW w. @saef_arc in #Antarctica looking at #plant #climate interactions #climatechange & #heatwaves | #InterdisciplinaryResearch
Dharawal / Wollongong
Joined January 2018
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Poster presentation @SCAR2024 on #realtime #monitoring of change in remote #Antarctic ecosystems
w/ Dr Johan Barthelemy @nvidia
@saef_arc @uowresearch @NVIDIAAP
Dist. Prof. @Antarcticmoss welcoming #EMCRs at #SCAR2024 opening ceremony and inspiring all to attend talks outside our disciplines. Antarctica needs #InterdisciplinaryResearch
@uowresearch @saef_arc
Golden hour on Volcán Villarrica in Pucon - one of Chile’s most active volcanos and the backdrop for #SCAR2024 🌋
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🎧 Listen in to @Antarcticmoss on Antarctic moss!
She recently recorded a conversation with Plant Kingdom about the incredible and fragile #moss ecosystems in #Antarctica.
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Real-time monitoring of biological changes in #Antarctica is extremely difficult to achieve, but necessary to understand ecosystem responses to cyclic and long-term climate shifts.
Read about how we’re tackling this problem 👇🏼 Led by @DanaMBergstrom Jane Wasley @Antarcticmoss
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🦠 Is the #atmosphere Earth's largest microbial ecosystem?
SAEF Associate Investigator @RachaelLappan researches #microbes in the atmosphere.
She's trying to determine if microbes simply use the air for transport or if it's a permanent home.
Read more: arcsaef.com/story/is-the-atm…
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Historical photos from the 1960s have extended the record of what glaciers looked like decades before the Larsen-B ice shelf collapsed.
@ryan__north @4Dlandscapes
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🚨 New job opportunity!
We are looking for an postdoc to join us at @UOW. You will work in collaboration with researchers across SAEF to develop hydrological models of ice-free terrestrial Antarctic regions from satellite & UAS imagery.
More info ➡️ uow.edu.au/about/jobs/jobs-a…
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Today is #IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against LGBTQIA+ Discrimination.
We recognise and celebrate the contributions LGBTQIA+ people make to our program.
Their contributions benefit our science, our culture, and the broader community.🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
By the time sea ice/snow melts & life returns to Antarctica each summer, the ozone hole is usually on its way to closing. But recently it’s extended well into summer and coincided with heatwaves and low sea ice extent, leaving plants & animals exposed to unseasonably high UV.
MINI REVIEW
Extended ozone depletion and reduced snow and ice cover—Consequences for Antarctic biota
📄 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @Antarcticmoss @UOW @saef_arc @LauraRevellNZ @UNEPozone @roy_mack @RacheleOssola
Covering all disciplines of #Antarctic science, we’re bringing together #AusAntarctic scientists to share knowledge all in one place.
I’m on the organising committee for this conference. Let me know if there’s something you’d really love to see!
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Isn't the ozone hole closing? Yes – but it's lasted longer than normal in recent years.
As @Antarcticmoss (@UOW) + colleagues (@UCNZ) explain, that means Antarctica's plants and animals are being hit with much higher UV levels in summer. theconversation.com/longer-l…
When #biology meets #technology, great things happen! 🌿🤖
New from us led by @sandinojj @QUT outlines #moss #lichen classification for vegetation mapping in #Antarctica
@saef_arc @uowresearch @BarbBollard @Antarcticmoss
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Australia just had its 3rd warmest spring on record based on maximum temperatures, with an anomaly of +1.33ºC relative to the 1991-2020 average. The national mean temperature anomaly of +0.83ºC was the 5th highest on record.
Great to see a mid-voyage update from @saef_arc #womeninSTEM in #Antarctica with amazing pictures! 🐧 – at Wollongong, New South Wales
🔊An update from our Program Manager, @jodieblewett and Deputy Program Manager, @kingdiana21 from their voyage with @HomewardBound16 🚢
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You are in Antarctica @antonioguterres & so are we!
We are 109 women & non-binary leaders in science, policy-making, arts, business & education from 29 nations.
Our calls for #COP28
1. Inclusive leadership of all genders & nationalities
2. Leaders to act with extreme urgency
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Our @monash_uni scientists have touched down in #Hobart ahead of their expedition to the Denman Glacier w. @ausantarctic.
It's tricky to pack light when you're off to #Antarctica for 2 months!
#SAEFGoesSouth
Read more about SAEF's 2023-24 field season: arcsaef.com/saef-goes-south/
The Transantarctic Mountains putting on a show 🤍 #Antarctica – at Antarctica
On Sunday I was on board the most spectacular scenic flight to #Antarctica as a science ambassador representing @AntarcticSF & @saef_arc @UOW
ASF supported me in my PhD & I was proud to represent them talking #science, #climate & #moss
Grateful for such a special experience 🤍 – at Wollongong, New South Wales
Blue skies over Victoria Land meant spectacular views of #CapeAdare & #MtErebus 🌋
Erebus is an active #volcano 3794m with a visible #lava lake 1000°C inside the crater!
The gas plume changes chemical composition on a 4-15 min cycle! 🤯 Oppenheimer et al. 2009
✈️🎥 Alt. 7000m – at Wollongong, New South Wales
A landscape that appears still, but is very much in motion.
A network of #glaciers dissect the #Transantarctic mountains near #CapeAdare
Ice shuffles down mountains to form large #crevasse fields
The central glacier shown here is over 25km wide! – at Wollongong, New South Wales
