NASC scientists will be able to take advantage of opportunities of the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) and Our institution received a corresponding grant from the Ukraine-Australia Research Fund. …
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A unique geomagnetic observatory is being modernized at Vernadskyi station
The study of changes in the Earth’s magnetic field is one of the main research activities at the Ukrainian Antarctic station Akademik Vernadsky. As you know, this field is formed…
Ukrainian scientists, in collaboration with foreign colleagues, have discovered the cause of local melting of glaciers in Antarctica
The reason for the very rapid melting of some glaciers in the Antarctic may be atypical hot core in the atmosphere, which is formed by the overlapping of two flows…
Noosfera is already operating in Antarctica: she has completed unloading at Arctowski and arrived at Vernadsky
The Ukrainian ice-class research vessel Noosfera reached the Ukrainian Antarctic Akademik Vernadsky station. It happened tonight, December 11, 2023, Kyiv time. The ship has reached Vernadsky a bit earlier than…
NASC joins international study of the occurrence of silicones in the Antarctic
Ukrainian scientists will take part in a study of the possible occurrence of silicones in the Antarctic. This is stipulated by the cooperation agreement signed between the National Antarctic Scientific…
A sudden increase in chlorophyll in the ocean was discovered in Vernadsky station area
Ukrainian scientists at Vernadsky station discovered a sudden increase in chlorophyll content in the ocean in Galindez island area. So, in November 2023, at all monitoring research points (i.e. where…
Meteorological records recorded at Vernadsky and the consequences of climate change in Antarctica were discussed at COP28
Ukrainian scientists spoke about climate anomalies recorded at Akademik Vernadsky station and their impact on Antarctica and the planet as a whole during COP28. This is the 28th United Nations…
Ukrainian scientists have discovered a new species of leeches, the ancestors of which migrated from Antarctica to the Arctic, and then returned to Antarctica again
Ukrainian zoologists Andriy and Serhiy Utyevskiy discovered a new species of Antarctic leeches, and also established that millions of years ago its ancestors migrated first from Antarctica to the Arctic,…
The RV Noosfera starts its third Antarctic season
Today, November 17, 2023, the flagship of the Ukrainian research fleet – the ice-class research vessel Noosfera – left Cape Town (South Africa) for Antarctica. This is already her third…
Antarctic photo exhibition has opened in Dnipro - you can visit it until November 28
A unique photo exhibition “Ukraine in Antarctica: Exploration and Invincibility”, created by the National Antarctic Scientific Center, has started in the city of Dnipro. The grand opening took place on…