Sian Henley is compiling an Antarctic fast-ice nutrient database along with Francois Fripiat, Klaus Meiners, Stefano Cozzi and Martin Vancoppenolle, within the framework of the…

In September 2019 the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (EG-ABI) partnered with the rOpenSci project and Antarctic Biodiversity Portal to organise a short…

Capacity building is a core part of SCAR's activities. One way in which capacity building is carried out is through enabling Early-Career Researchers (ECRs) to…

Twenty-four biologists from twelve countries met on 24-27 June 2019 at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, to identify the most important scientific findings of the…

SCAR is pleased to partner with the rOpenSci project and the Antarctic Biodiversity Portal in organising a short course on tools for Southern Ocean spatial…

The SCAR Input Pathways of Persistent Organic Pollutants to AntarCTica (ImPACT) group was given official approval as a SCAR Action Group under Life Sciences and…

The Remote Sensing Action Group has limited funds available to support one (or more) early-career researchers working with drones in Antarctica and presenting the results…

Spring Course, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 23 - 29 September 2018 Call for applicants By: Julian Gutt Experienced scientists from the SCAR/AnT-ERA community will give a short…

Announcement of Summer Field Course at Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA, 15 July – 17 Aug 2018 Instructors: Craig R. Smith, University of Hawaii; Maria Vernet,…

There will be 3 AnT-ERA related sessions at Polar2018 in Davos next June. Make your choice and submit your abstract! BE-4: Climate change and ecosystems:…

Comparison of Antarctic and Arctic Ecosystems and their Functioning Proposed side meeting during Polar2018 By: Julian Gutt The SCAR Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation (AnT-ERA) research programme…

Two life sciences grants were awarded to allow young scientists to present their findings at the 12th SCAR Biology Symposium in Leuven in July 2017.…

The SCAR Expert Group ANTOS (Antarctic Near-Shore and Terrestrial Observation System) is a continent-wide biologically-focussed initiative to assess responses to environmental variability and change.  A…

By: Julian Gutt The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) announces the "First Order Draft" of its Global Assessment Report to be reviewed soon. The Intergovernmental Platform…

By: Marino Vacchi, Eva Pisano, Laura Ghigliotti A comprehensive overview of the knowledge about the ecologically important Southern Ocean midwater fish, Pleuragramma antarctica, has recently been…