The presentations of the follow-up webinars on Antarctica InSync Science Planning held on 20th & 21st January 2026 are now available for downloading. The purpose of these webinars was to provide an overview of all draft White Papers released in late December 2025 on the SCAR website. The lead authors of the White Papers summarised the scientific priorities and strategies for research activities during Antarctica InSync as presented in each document. Participants were invited to engage in a moderated discussion and offer comments that can guide the next phase of refinement.
The webinar programme covered the following Antarctica InSync presentations for the introduction, the thematic White Papers, and the next stepps:
- Welcome and Introduction
- Thematic White Papers
- Southern Ocean and Antarctic heat, freshwater, carbon and other element cycles under climate change
- Rapid sea-ice decline: causes and consequences
- Melting ice sheets and ice shelves, and coastal impacts
- Knowledge and protection of unique Antarctic life: land, ocean, and deep sea
- Anthropogenic signatures in Antarctica: pollution and other pressures
- Aerosol–cloud interactions and radiative feedbacks
- Climate variability: extremes, weather, long-term variability, and global teleconnections
- Cross-cutting White Paper on Earth Observation
- Next steps
You want to rewatch the webinar? The recordings for both days have been published:
If you want to submit your feedback on the White Papers, this is still possible until 15th February 2026 over the SCAR website.
