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The 5th International Polar Year (2032–33) will include an ambitious and broad range of research, education, outreach and other projects and activities across the globe focused on the polar regions. A system of project endorsements will highlight and connect initiatives that contribute to IPY-5 from 2026 onwards. Receiving endorsement as an IPY-5 initiative is a... The post Apply for IPY-5 endorsement for your project from 2026! appeared first on SCAR.| SCAR
The 5th International Polar Year (2032–33), or IPY-5, will be a large-scale multilateral coordinated action to address urgent global challenges by advancing polar research. Its success will depend on strong national contributions linked together through international cooperation. Local and national contributions will be coordinated by IPY-5 National Committees that any country interested in contributing to... The post Call for National Committees: International Polar Year 2032–2033 appear...| SCAR
The Executive Committee of the 5th International Polar Year 2032-33 (IPY-5) is now accepting bids to host and sponsor the International Coordination Office for the planning and implementation of the IPY-5. The operational period of the Coordination Office is expected to be from early 2027 until at least the end of 2035. The bidding process... The post Call for Bids to host the IPY-5 International Coordination Office appeared first on SCAR.| SCAR
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The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) is seeking volunteers and participants across several groups. SOOS is an international observing initiative that coordinates sustained physical, chemical and biological observations across the Southern Ocean.| SCAR
Home > News > New Antarctic Environments Portal Infographics on Sea Ice and Ocean Acidification| SCAR
INSTANT (INStabilities & Thresholds in ANTarctica)| SCAR
SCAR warmly congratulates the interdisciplinary team — including Professor Jan Strugnell (James Cook University), Dr Sally Lau (James Cook University / SAEF), Dr Nerida Wilson (CSIRO & Western Australian Museum), Professor Nick Golledge and Professor Tim Naish (Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington) — on winning the 2025 Aspire Scholarship Eureka Prize for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Scientific Research. The award recognises the novel collaboration between molec...| SCAR
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Antarctic Wildlife Health Network - Action Group| SCAR
Since 2021, the global wildlife pandemic caused by Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b (hereafter, HPAI) has impacted over 350 species of wild birds and 60 species of mammals (Klaassen and Wille 2023; FAO 2024). As well as the diversity of wildlife affected, HPAI is having population and species level consequences. For example, ~40% of Peruvian Pelicans in Peru, (Wille and Waldenstrom 2023; Leguia et al 2023) and 9% of all South American Sea lions (Plaza et al 2024) i...| SCAR
Prepared by the Antarctic Wildlife Health Network (AWHN) and Joint Expert Group for Human Biology and Medicine (JEGHBM)| SCAR
Joint statement from the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO), and the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).| SCAR
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), the Committee for Environment Protection (CEP) and the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) are concerned about the heightened risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreaks in Antarctica in the 2023/24 season and the devastating impacts it could have on the region’s unique wildlife.| SCAR
Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Monitoring Project| SCAR
