Tag: Australian Antarctica

• Wednesday, February 25th 2015 - 17:39 UTC

  Antarctic wildlife research fund launched in Australia with Norwegian support

  

  The Antarctic Wildlife Research Fund (AWR) was unveiled at a ceremony in Australia, with the aim of strengthening the scientific basis for the management of the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic Region.

• Thursday, November 6th 2014 - 08:02 UTC

  Australia confident of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas approval in 2015

  

  Australia will continue to push for Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) off East Antarctica despite the proposal not being adopted at the annual Commission for the Conservation of the Antarctic Marine Living Resources, (CCAMLR) which last month met in Hobart, Tasmania.

• Monday, February 28th 2011 - 00:00 UTC

  Warm weather prevents full use of costly Australian Antarctica airfield

  

  An Australian airfield in Antarctica at a cost of 40 million US dollars and which was opened just three years ago may have become a short-lived victim of climate change, as unusually warm weather this summer has prevented flights landing there.