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What did the Team do for Science in the Ice?

I have explained the background to the scientific projects we are supporting in a number of blog posts and on our website. Now I provid an insight into what ‘doing science’ on the ice actually entails, with the example of sampling… Read More

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, learning, Science

algae, atmosphere, carbon cycle, carbon pump, Cat Cameron, climate change, climate model, food web, metal, Snow sampling

View of Forbidden Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula. (c) Antarctic Quest 21.

Antarctic Quest 21 Science Reaches out to Schools with LikeToBe

It was such fun to do this webinar for school kids from different ages and I was truly astonished what well-considered and pertinent questions I was asked. Well done, all of you! There was one question I couldn’t… Read More

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Posted on January 14, 2022 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, education, learning, resilience, Science

Antarctic Quest 21, atmosphere, carbon cycle, carbon pump, climate change, Environment, essential elements, expedition, food web, ice, ice balance, ice loss, isostatic rebound, metals, Microplastics, nutrients, ocean, Ocean Science, pollution, Shackleton, snow, Weddell Sea

Cat Cameron following careful procedure to take snow samples for metal analysis by scientists at the University of Plymouth, UK

Metals in the Snow

Oh no (I hear you say) please, not another new story of contamination and its dreadful consequences! And yet…

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Posted on December 21, 2021 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, Science

abundance, Angela Milne, Antarctic Quest 21, atmosphere, carbon pump, Cat Cameron, climate change, Environment, expedition, food web, limitation, Martin Densham, mitigation, nutrients, ocean, ocean circulation, ocean current, phytoplankton, pollution, primary productivity, regulation, Science, Simon Ussher, Southern Ocean, University of Plymouth, Weddell Sea, zooplankton

Antarctic Landscape 2012

Science in Plain English

At the pre-departure event of the Antarctic Quest 21 expedition, I had the pleasure of explaining the scientific projects to the gathering.

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Antarctica, education, learning, Science, Sustainability

Antarctic Quest 21, carbon pump, climate change, data, expedition, glacier, ice loss, isostatic rebound, metals, Microplastics, modelling, nutrients, ozone, pollution, satellite, sea-level rise, UV irradiation