Australian Antarctic Division

Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) is focused on the advancement of Australia’s strategic, scientific, environmental, and economic interests in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. The organization leads and delivers a science program under the “Antarctic Science Strategic Plan,” focused on research relevant to the sound environmental stewardship of the AAT, the Southern Ocean, and HIMI. The organization also undertakes work designed to inform policy development by the government and meet their international obligations by understanding the key role that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean plays in Australian and global climate systems. It also informs further understanding around the consequences of climate-driven changes. This work is underpinned by research that furthers understanding of the diversity, structure, function, and vulnerability of terrestrial and marine Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems. Australian Antarctic Division was founded in 1948 and is based in Tasmania, Australia.

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