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Instabilities and Thresholds in Antarctica" is a Research Programme from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. It fosters multi-disciplinary discussions and research priorities about ice sheet instabilites from paleo to future to inform policy.
🇦🇶 What concerns you most about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and why? 🇦🇶
SCAR is updating its Horizon Scan and we invite you to contribute.
🔷 Submit your response by 1 March 2026 and help focus international research where it is most needed: bit.ly/scar-horizon...
Here is the recording for Webinar by James Kirkham on Climate Science Diplomacy on the INSTANT Youtube channel:
youtu.be/oyfDTi1jdbA?...
Don’t miss the event at the CLIC Open Science Conference 2026:
Book your Seat here:
www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/tipping-po...
The event will be recorded.
🌎 Talk on GIA: "The Whys and Hows of Dealing with Glacial Isostatic Adjustment in a Mapping Authority"
🎓Mirjam Bilker-Koivula (Finnish Geospatial Research Institute) 🎓Holger Steffen (Lantmaeteriet, Sweden)
📆 3 February 2026 - 17:00 CET
👉 tu-dresden.zoom-x.de/j/6810398526...
Passcode: ToGIA_26
✨ Don't miss the WEBINAR ✨
🎓 Dr. James Kirkham
International Cryosphere Climate Initiative
"Climate science diplomacy: What is it? How do YOU do it? And how to make policymakers care about ice?"
📆 Friday January 30
🕛 12:00 CET
Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/j/8944531015...
Antarctica InSync will host two webinars, bringing together the science community to discuss the draft White Papers currently available on our website.
· 20 January, 17:00–19:00 (CET)
· 21 January, 09:00–11:00 (CET)
📌 Register: lnkd.in/epX4_JiA
📝 Provide input to the draft papers: lnkd.in/eYfJgTUV
Nominations for the SCAR Antarctica InSync Scientific Leadership Group close 13 January!
Members will help coordinate SCAR’s scientific contributions and ensure integration across Science Groups, Research Programmes, and Action Groups.
scar.org/scar-news/in...
We’ve wrapped up drilling at Crary Ice Rise with 228m of sediment core. This is an unprecedented record of the history of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet stretching back millions of years. Initial observations indicate the core includes periods of environmental change during past times of warming.
⭐️SCAR INSTANT ECRs Fellowship 2026: APPLY NOW⭐️
👉 increase the engagement of ECRs in INSTANT activities
👉 address INSTANT Science objectives and priority questions
🏆 Number of Grants: 4
💰 Budget: USD $7500
⏳Deadline: February 15th, 2026 - 23:45 CET
👇More info: scan the QR code below👇
For anyone at #COP30 today or online, the Cryosphere Pavilion is hosting a quiz at 6.30 pm today!
Come and test how much you know about the Earth's frozen regions and their relevance for the negotiations happening live in Belem!
CLiC Conference 2026: INSTANT WORKSHOP
Date: Friday 13 Feb. 2026
Time: 9-4 pm
Location: TBD
Attendees: 60 max
👉Please complete this form forms.gle/DkLhUDP92VZy...
Indicate:
- Attendance
- Breakout session facilitators
- ECR’s attending CliC: want to help organise the workshop?
🌟INSTANT at EGU 2026!!
🌊Session ITS2.9/CR7.5 Antarctic ice sheet past to future: bridging science to decision making📊
(Mechanisms of ice sheet instabilities: Paleo to future; Deep uncertainty & societal impacts; New risk scenarios)
👉Submit here:
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
Join Dr. Florence Colleoni, Co-Chief Officer of INSTANT, to gain insights on how COP works, the role of Antarctic and Southern Ocean science in climate negotiations and how Early Career Researchers can prepare and engage with the whole process of COP.
👉Register: tinyurl.com/INSTANT-webi...
Want to make Antarctic science heard?
Applications are now open for Ice Narratives, a fellowship translating Antarctic research into policy-relevant multimedia.
Three early career researchers will receive USD 750.
📝 Apply by 30 November 2025:
scar.org/scar-news/ic...
@polarsecco.bsky.social
#ShowYourStripes Day!
SCAR INSTANT is attending the ATCM in Milan, italy 🇮🇹. Temperature in Milan have increased drastically over the past 10 years. as the first heat wave strikes, it reminds us that polar areas are vunerable but regulate the temperature of the planet.🌏
@scar-antarctic.bsky.social
Bonjour,
Avec 60 scientifiques de 54 institutions et 17 pays, nous avons réactualisé le suivi des indicateurs clés du changement climatique et de l'influence humaine jusqu'à fin 2024,
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🇦🇶 INSTANT Travel Grants 🧳
@scarinstant.bsky.social is offering 15 travel grants (up to $1,000) to support ECRs attending the CliC Open Science Conference, 9–12 Feb 2026, and the INSTANT Symposium on 13 Feb.
Apply by 31 July 2025.
Full details: scar.org/scar-news/pr...
🌍 Join SCAR’s 2025 Geosciences webinar series! ❄️
Learn about the work of our groups and how to get involved.
Participation is open to all. Please register in advance to receive the Zoom link.
▶️ Full programme: scar.org/scar-news/20...
✏️ Register here: form.jotform.com/251593855984...
We're delighted to share that Bedmap3 has won the 2025 Best Map prize from the International Map Industry Association! 🥇
Bedmap3 offers a detailed view of the landscape hidden beneath Antarctica’s ice.
Congrats to the team!
Learn more about Bedmap3: scar.org/science/exco...
❄️Antarctica InSync science webinar❄️
Two sessions of the webinar will be hosted (repeated for various time zones):
- 07:00-09:00 UTC, Monday, 19th May, 2025
- 15:00-17:00 UTC, Thursday, 22nd May, 2025
Registration is available via this link (eo4society.esa.int/.../internat...).
⭐Join our INSTANT Casual Coffee & Networking ECR event ☕
An opportunity to share experiences and learn more about Antarctica.
📅 Wednesday, May 22, 2025
🕘 21:00–22:00 CEST
📍 Online – Registration: tinyurl.com/INSTANT-ECRs
by Laura Byrne, Franka Jesse, Celina Rodrigues, and Charlotte Greenall.
SCAR’s Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Action Group is looking for 2 Deputy Chief Officers and 4 Steering Group Members.
Help shape EDI efforts across the SCAR community —apply by 31 May 2025.
➡️ scar.org/scar-news/gr...
Are you an Antarctic researcher 5+ years post-PhD?
Apply now for the 2025 SCAR Visiting Scholar Scheme— funding up to $5000 for a 1–4 week visit to share expertise and support capacity building across SCAR countries.
⌛️ Deadline: 31 August 2025
➡️ scar.org/fellowships-...
📊 Making polar research data count:
New guide now available for polar researchers 📊
Learn how to publish your data so it can be easily found, used, and cited.
Produced by SCADM, ADC @arcticdatactr.bsky.social & @soosocean.bsky.social.
🔗 Download here: zenodo.org/records/1516...
Sunshine, smiles, and a suspicious amount of coffee for the 2025 SCAR Leadership Meeting ☕
Last week, our SCAR Executive Committee, Group Leaders and Secretariat gathered in Cambridge to talk strategy, science, policy and plans for the future.
⭐️INSTANT Geo-Engineering Webinar⭐️
"Different Ocean Visions, Same Engineered Horizon"
🗣️ Damien Bright (Univ. Chicago)
🗓️ May 8th at 15:00 UTC
👉 us02web.zoom.us/launch/chat?...
Abstract here: fb.me/e/7A5eWECxF
⭐️ Congratulations to the INSTANT FELLOWS 2025⭐️
INSTANT will support their research on:
❄️Giselle Lujan Marincovich - Aerosols
❄️Camila Marin-Arias - methane release
❄️Devsamridhi Arora - Geothermal Heat Flow
❄️Yikai Zhu - ice shelf pinning points
❄️Alexander Bradley- noise-induced tipping