A new SCAR program: Changes in Circumpolar Antarctic Gradients in Ecosystems (C-CAGE)

Dear SCAR Life Sciences Community, 

The SCAR Delegates meeting recently approved a programme planning group for a proposed new SCAR scientific programme concentrating on all areas of biology and ecology, Changes in Circumpolar Antarctic Gradients in Ecosystems (C-CAGE). We now have two years to flesh out a full proposal. The aim of C-CAGE is to use the natural environmental gradients in temperature, ice cover, and other physical drivers that exist in different parts of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic (with latitude, longitude, altitude, and depth) to better predict the likely outcomes for life as the region’s habitats change. More reliable predictions of future ecological change will enable better management and conservation of Antarctica’s unique biodiversity and ecosystems (including marine, freshwater, ice, terrestrial, snow habitats). Read the original proposal here: https://scar.org/~documents/route%3A/download/6232 

C-CAGE is at the programme planning group stage and looking for input from the scientific community. Please sign up to our mailing list to stay informed and let us know if you want to be part of the planning group. The group is open to anyone who believes that their research interests align with the project proposal and we wish to encourage participation from all career stages and a diverse range of backgrounds. 

Thanks to the SCAR Secretariat, we now have a shiny new web page on the SCAR website and an official SCAR mailing list. We ask that you please visit the web page and sign up to the mailing list. The list is fully moderated, so there should be no junk mails. Please feel free to share this information with anyone who might be interested in updates, being part of the planning group or the final programme. 

The web page is here: https://scar.org/science/research-programmes/c-cage 

Thanks again for all of your support, 
Huw Griffiths, Cath Waller and Anton Van de Putte