Programme Planning Groups (PPGs) are the means by which Scientific Research Programmes (SRPs) are developed and proposed, through wide consultation with the community. SRPs address major-priority, scientific issues of global or fundamental importance, at the cutting edge of the science, requiring substantial fieldwork and/or observations in the Antarctic.
Antarctica, Earth's last frontier, contains about 10% of the planet's most cryptic continental crust. Understanding this continent is crucial for revealing interactions between the Solid Earth, Cryosphere, Ocean, Hydrology, Atmosphere, and Biosphere, and their global impacts.
Recent SCAR groups have shown that Antarctica's continental lithosphere is much more complex than previously thought, with significant variabilities affecting geothermal heat flow and ice dynamics.
AGE aims to advance our understanding of Antarctica’s geological features and heterogeneities and how these have shaped Antarctica over time. Three task groups will address and integrate innovative methods, datasets and models to better reveal Antarctica’s Architecture, the Processes that led to its formation and evolution, and the Interactions it triggers. AGE aims to collect and integrate critical new geological and geophysical data in key areas to fill knowledge gaps and promote new interdisciplinary geoscience projects, also in preparation for the 5th International Polar Year 2032/33 (IPY-5).
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