Our research spans blue-water and coastal oceanography, interactions between the ice sheet, oceans and solid earth beneath, and governance in the Antarctic, Southern Ocean and temperate oceans.
We use ships, satellites, ocean robots and land-based methods to observe the ocean, ice and solid earth, and we run sophisticated ocean, ice and climate models to understand how and why Earth’s climate is changing – now, in the past, and into the future.
We strive to understand the legal and policy settings in which all of these changes are governed, and contribute to managing Antarctica and the Southern Ocean for the peaceful benefit of all nations. Our national and international collaborations extend our research globally.
Many of our studies contribute to the latest climate change assessments used in the reports of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change and the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings.
Study with us
Build your unique future, understanding and solving problems with social relevance connected to the ocean, Antarctica and climate change.
We provide opportunities to build a unique career that positions graduates for work in Australia’s Antarctic workforce, State and National governments, environmental organisations and the private sector.
IMAS launches new degree pathway in Oceans, Ice & Climate!
The new major will combine oceanography, glaciology, carbon cycle science, geoscience, and climate change in an exciting new degree pathway that focuses specifically on Australia’s connection to Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.
Build your knowledge and skills in oceanography, glaciology, carbon cycle science, geoscience, and climate change in our Oceans, Ice and Climate major. Or solve complex geopolitical environmental issues in our Marine and Antarctic Governance major.
Our research partners
Our researchers contribute to Australia’s national research effort in ocean and climate research through observations, modelling and analysis. Our national partners and collaborators include:
- Australian Antarctic Program Partnership
- Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Climate Extreme
- National Environmental Science Program Climate Systems Hub
- Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Weather in the 21st Century
- Southern Ocean Observing System
- Integrated Marine Observing System
- Consortium for Ocean-Sea Ice Modelling in Australia
- CSIRO
- Australian Antarctic Program