SCAR has three overarching Science Groups that help to coordinate activities on the disciplinary level – GeoSciences, Life Sciences, and Physical Sciences. Some of SCAR’s Expert and Action Groups cover several disciplines. They are listed in this cross-disciplinary section.
ANTARCHITECTURE ACTION GROUP
This Action Group aims to develop a continent‐wide, age‐depth model of Antarctica’s ice using the internal layers and surfaces imaged by radar‐sounding and use this to determine the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheets over past glacial cycles.
ANTARCTIC NEAR-SHORE AND TERRESTRIAL OBSERVING SYSTEM – ANTOS
This Expert Group aims to establish a biologically focussed, integrated and coordinated Antarctic-wide observation system, to identify and track environmental variability and change at biologically relevant scales, and to use this information to inform biological, physical, and earth science studies. This group is co-sponsored by SCAR’s Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Geosciences Groups.
RINGS – ICE SHEET MARGIN
This Action Group aims to clarify the current knowledge gap on ice sheet thickness across all the margins of Antarctica and assess the impacts of new data filling these knowledge gaps.