{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260100160"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260100160","attributes":{"code":"DE260100160","administering-organisation":"Monash University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Monash University","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2028-12-31","grant-summary":"Antarctica is changing - how will this affect Australian climate? . This DECRA project aims to investigate the remote influences of reduced sea ice coverage, increased ice sheet and ice shelf meltwater, and their combined impact, on Australian climate. Using a range of coupled climate model simulations, this project expects to advance our knowledge about sea ice and glacial meltwater processes around the Antarctic margins, and how changes in these processes will impact Australian climate. The expected outcomes directly fill major gaps in Antarctic–Australian climate research and reduce uncertainty in future climate projections. This should provide significant benefit to Australia in developing climate resilience and adapting to global warming.","funding-current":534002.00,"funding-at-announcement":529762,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Ariaan","familyName":"Purich","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-2248-5937 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Ariaan","familyName":"Purich","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-2248-5937 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Monash University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"VIC"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"370105","name":"Atmospheric Dynamics","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"3702","name":"Climate Change Science","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"370201","name":"Climate Change Processes","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"370803","name":"Physical Oceanography","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"190501","name":"Climate Change Models","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"190503","name":"Effects of Climate Change on Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Environments (Excl. Social Impacts)","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"190504","name":"Effects of Climate Change on Australia (Excl. Social Impacts)","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["Canada","England","Germany","United States of America"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Antarctica and the surrounding ocean are changing rapidly. To date, an overlooked factor is how the changing Antarctic will influence climate processes across the Southern Hemisphere, including in Australia. To protect and restore Australia's environment, this project will therefore address recent past and likely future climate conditions in both Australia and Antarctica. It will use climate modelling to assess how reduced Antarctic sea ice coverage and increased glacial meltwater entering the Southern Ocean from the Antarctic Ice Sheet and surrounding ice shelves will interact, and how they will remotely influence atmospheric and oceanic conditions across the Southern Hemisphere, with a focus on temperature and rainfall changes in Australia. It directly addresses National Science and Research Priority 4 by projecting future climate conditions in Australia and Antarctica associated with abrupt sea ice decline and glacial meltwater additions over the coming century. This will inform existing climate projections and lead to more accurate future projections. This will benefit all levels of government and planners, protecting Australian sectors vulnerable to climate extremes, such as coastal communities, agriculture, water management, and tourism, and lead to more efficient and cost-effective responses. Through existing collaborations with agencies such as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO, findings could rapidly translate into improved climate forecasting."}}}