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June 8, 2026

How waves, ponds and green algae are accelerating sea ice melt in Antarctica

Luke Bennetts, The University of Melbourne; Bonnie Light, University of Washington; Petteri Uotila, University of Helsinki; Philip Reid, Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and Rob Massom, Australian Antarctic Division

This remarkable seasonal change in Antarctic sea ice is like a heartbeat within our planet’s climate system. We need to better understand it.

British Antarctic Survey

July 31, 2024

Giant waves, monster winds and Earth’s strongest current: here’s why the Southern Ocean is a global engine room

Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide; Callum Shakespeare, Australian National University, and Catherine Vreugdenhil, The University of Melbourne

The scientific and broader community must join together to advance Southern Ocean science and protect this vital natural asset.

Photo by Alessandro Toffoli

September 12, 2022

Scientists are divining the future of Earth’s ice‑covered oceans at their harsh fringes

Jordan Peter Anthony Pitt, University of Adelaide and Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide

The place where oceans turn into ice holds the key to understanding some of the complex interactions of Earth’s climate. Thankfully, we’re making progress.

Without floating sea ice, climate-weakened ice shelves are wide open to attack by waves. AAP Image/Caroline Berdon

June 14, 2018

Ocean waves and lack of sea ice can trigger Antarctic ice shelves to disintegrate

Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide; Rob Massom, Australian Antarctic Division, and Vernon Squire, University of Otago

Since 1995, several ice shelves off the Antarctic Peninsula have abruptly disintegrated. A new analysis suggests that these events are triggered when ice shelves lose their buffer of floating ice.

It’s important to get the research across to and understood by decision-makers. Shutterstock/Rawpixel.com

January 31, 2017

Listen up: a plan to help scientists get their research heard by decision‑makers

Mark Quigley, The University of Melbourne; Adrien Ickowicz, CSIRO; Antonio Verdejo-Garcia, Monash University; Ben Galton-Fenzi, Australian Antarctic Division; Christopher J White, University of Tasmania; Gery Geenens, UNSW ; Keith Gerard Pembleton, University of Southern Queensland; Kirsty Kitto, Queensland University of Technology; Kyra Hamilton, Griffith University; Luke Bennetts, University of Adelaide; Madhura Killedar, Monash University; Mark Lindsay, The University of Western Australia; Melanie Roberts, The University of Melbourne; Patricia Durance, Monash University, and Petra Kuhnert, CSIRO

Research comes with risk and uncertainty so getting the right message across to the people who matter can be a challenge for scientists. A new plan out today hopes to change that.

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