Antarctica | Challenging Habitat

I’ve written about Antarctic krill before, just around World Krill Day in 2022, and three years on, the international community is not much closer to protecting krill for krill’s sake, for ecosystem’s sake, for climate regulation‘s and all of our sake…

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Posted on November 20, 2025 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, climate change, conservation, Environment, nature, ocean, planet, pollution, Science, Sustainability

Antarctic Treaty, climate change, ecology, ecosystem, food web, greenwashing, industrial fishing, krill, Ocean Science, Whales

The future of your (grand)children will be shaped by the fate of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.

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Posted on February 10, 2024 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, learning, nature, ocean, pollution, resilience, Science

AMOC, Antarctic, Arctic, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, carbon dioxide, climate, climate change, climate change adaptation, climate change mitigation, Environment, fossil fuels, global ocean conveyor belt, global warming, Greenland, Gulf Stream, ice cap, ice melt, modelling, ocean productivity, thermohaline circulation, tipping point

‘Time for Geography‘ provides a series of educational resources aimed at a GCSE to undergraduate audience, which are also suitable for the general interested public. Even if you, as I am, keeping up to date with current environmental issues, there is always something to learn or terminology to be reminded of….

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Posted on October 25, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, education, learning, nature, Science

Environment, geography, glacier, ice, mass balance, Time for Geography

The National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK, has a great outreach programme that includes a series of podcasts called Into the Blue.

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Posted on October 21, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, climate change, education, learning, nature, Science, technology

climate change, conservation, deep sea, ecology, ecosystem, expedition, history, National Oceanography Centre, natural history, NOC, ocean exploration

Did you miss the first WORLD KRILL DAY on 11 August 2022?

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Posted on August 19, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, Arctic, climate change, conservation, education, nature, Science, Sustainability

Antarctic, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, climate regulation, ecomagazine, food, food web, krill, penguins, Seals, Whales, World Krill Day

I have concluded the carbon footprint estimation for the Antarctic Quest 21 expedition and am happy to announce that the second stage of offsetting a total of 50 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent has also been completed. Download the report below to learn how it all was done.

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Posted on August 2, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, Carbon Offset

Antarctic Quest 21, carbon footprint, climate change, Earthly, Environment, expedition

When the Royal Meteorological Society invited me to write a guest blog about the Antarctic Quest 21 expedition for their MetMatters page, I analysed the daily SitReps provided daily from the Antarctic Peninsula by expedition leader Paul Hart to provide an insight how the weather and ice conditions determined the experience and progress of the expedition team.

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Posted on February 18, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, resilience, Science

Antarctic, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Quest 21, climate change, Environment, expedition, Microplastics, Ocean Science, pollution, Royal Meteorological Society, Shackleton, weather

In his concluding situation report, Paul leaves it to others to judge whether Antarctic Quest 21 was a successful expedition.

I’ll try to provide him with an answer for his Priority 3: Science

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Posted on January 22, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, Science

Antarctic, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Quest 21, atmosphere, chemical analysis, climate change, cryosphere, discovery, Environment, food web, geochemical cycles, global cycles, hydrosphere, knowledge, lithosphere, metals, Microplastics, nutrients, Ocean Science, trace elements, UV

The team safely back in Argentina and preparing to go their separate ways to rejoin families and pick up their lives back home, Paul find time for a concluding message.

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Posted on January 21, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, education, learning, resilience, Science

Antarctic, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic Quest 21, Argentina, climate change, climate model, Environment, nature, Polar Latitudes, Science, Snow sampling