Theme V – Anthropogenic signatures in Antarctica
Workshop Program
21 October 2025 - Day 1
Opening and welcome
| 11:00 -11:15 | Technical instructions | Marcus Lange (Hereon, Germany) |
| 11:15 - 11:30 | Opening and welcome | Ralf Ebinghaus (Hereon) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Antarctica InSync: a global effort to synchronise research across Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, connecting ice, ocean, climate, and life | Stefanie Arndt (AWI, Germany) |
Session 1: Systematic Monitoring of Chemical Pollution and management - Chair: Roland Kallenborn (NMBU, Norway)
| 12:00 – 12:20 | Challenges in Environmental Research and Monitoring of Emerging and Legacy Contaminants in Antarctica | Zhiyong Xie (Hereon) |
| 12:20 – 12:40 | Towards Consistency: Monitoring Chemical Contamination in Antarctica | Anette Küster (UBA, Germany) |
| 12:40 – 13:00 | Plastic monitoring in Antarctica | Clara Manno (BAS, UK) |
| 13:00 – 13:30 | Discussion |
Session 2: Tourism impact assessment and management - Chair: (tbd)
| 14:10 – 14:30 | Tourism impact mitigation measures | Daniela Cajiao (Uni Wageningen, NL) |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | From Presence to Data: Exploring Pathways for Tourism Monitoring in Antarctica | Rita Fabris (UBA) |
| 15:00 – 15:10 | Discussion |
Session 3: Underwater noise monitoring and mitigation - Brian Miller, AAD, Australia (tbc)
| 15:10 – 15:30 | Title (tbc): Approaches on underwater sound monitoring | Karolin Thomisch (AWI) |
| 15:30 – 15:50 | Title (tbd) | Max Schuster (JASCO ShipConsult) |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | Discussion |
Session 4: Biosecurity and invasive species prevention Chair: Hanieh Saeedi (Senckenberg, Germany) (tbc)
| 16:10 – 16:30 | eDNA for invasive species detection, investigation of zooplankton for pollutants | Charlotte Havermanns (Uni Bremen, Germany) |
| 16:30 – 16:50 | Biosecurity and mitigating invasive species introductions in Antarctica | Arlie McCarthy (HIFMB, Germany) |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Discussion |
22 October 2025 - Day 2
Ideas Market / 1-Slide Pitches
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Arlie McCarthy, HIFMB: Suggestion for sustainability across all research projects |
| Emilie Pillon, UMR, LAVUE, CNRS, France: Humanities - Social Science to Policies | |
| Olaf Krüger, Hereon: Signatures of the coupling between water and carbon cycles and effects on Southern Ocean phytoplankton | |
| Tina Kaiser, Uni Marburg: Antarctic Men-Ocean-Narratives, communicating and narrating climate change | |
| Andrea Spolaor, CNR, Italy: Photochemistry process and contaminants degradation | |
| Luisa Patrolecco, CNR: Anthropogenic impacts and emerging contaminants | |
| Silvia H. Coria, Instituto Antárctico Argentino: Establishing natural baselines for mercury (Hg) in freshwater and snow | |
| Klas Ove Möller, Hereon: Biological carbon pump and biodiversity | |
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| Stephanie Groß: Antimicrobial resistance in Antarctica (tbc) | |
| Hans-Peter Grossart: Anthropogenic impact on biochemical processes and ecology (tbc) | |
| José Seco: Contaminants in Biota and Trophic Transfer (tbc) | |
| - - - > Room for more ideas and pitch presentations! |
Breakout groups
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Systematic Monitoring of Chemical Pollution and Management Chairs: Roland Kallenborn, Annika Jahnke |
| Tourism impact assessment and management Chairs: Kees Bastmeijer (tbc) | |
| Underwater noise monitoring and mitigations Chairs: Brian Miller, Hauke Flores (tbc) | |
| Biosecurity and invasive species prevention Chairs: Hanieh Saeedi, Arlie McCarthy (tbc) |
| 12:30 – 13:00 | Break |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Breakout Group Reports |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Report on ongoing national planning (tbc) |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Questions for Stefanie Arndt/Alexander Haumann (tbc) |