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National Committee for Antarctic Research

The committee covers all branches of physical and biological sciences relevant to studies of and from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, as well as the interface between Antarctic science and policy while coordinating Australia's active participation in international program planning and management.  

The National Committee for Antarctic Research aims to:

• provide strategic evidence-based advice on Antarctic science to the Academy and other bodies as required
• support scientific literacy and excellence in Antarctic science by engaging with researchers, professionals and relevant national organisations
• liaise with relevant international bodies, ensuring Australian involvement in international activities
• promote interdisciplinary collaboration and take a multi-disciplinary approach in providing advice to the Academy
• represent the Australian Antarctic science community as member of the Australian Antarctic Science Council.

Reports and activities

• Submission - Submission—The importance of Antarctica to Australia's national interests , April 2024
• Submission—Inquiry into Australian Antarctic Division funding, September 2023
• Submission—Revision of the Australian Antarctic Science Strategic Plan 2011–12 to 2020–21, September 2019
• Submission â€” Inquiry into Australia's Antarctic Territory, August 2017
• Submission—Review of the Bureau of Meteorology's space weather services, July 2014
• Submission—20 Year Australian Antarctic Strategic Plan, March 2014
• Submission — The importance of Antarctica to Australia's national interests, April 2024

Related groups and organisations

Members

• • Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, Executive Director.
  • Research expertise: Marine microbial ecology, environmental science, climate science.
• • Monash University, Lecturer in Climate Science, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment; and Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future.
  • Research expertise: Southern Ocean climate, ocean and ice processes; climate modelling
• • Australian Antarctic Division, Chief Scientist
  • Research expertise: Paleoclimate science, natural climate variability, human-caused climate change impacts from the tropical oceans to Antarctica
• • Monash University, Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future (SAEF)
  • Research expertise: Antarctica biogeography, biological invasions, climate change
• • Western Sydney University Institute for Culture and Society (ICS), Interim Director.
  • Research expertise: environmental humanities, Antarctic humanities, media and environment, social studies of outer space.
• • University of Tasmania, Professor in Oceans and Cryosphere.
  • Research expertise: Marine biogeochemistry, glaciology, chemical oceanography, atmospheric composition and chemistry.
• • CSIRO, Research Team Leader for the Southern Ocean Team
  • Research expertise: Physical oceanography, dynamics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the Southern Ocean overturning circulation, water mass formation, the influence of Southern Ocean currents on biology and biogeochemistry.
• • University of Wollongong Australia, School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences
  • Research expertise: Climate change, ecological impacts of climate change, ecological adaptation, ecological physiology