Dear colleagues,
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is updating its Antarctic and Southern Ocean Horizon Scan to reflect new priorities and opportunities. The original Horizon Scan - completed in 2014 - brought together the international Antarctic community and produced a widely-used set of 80 priority questions for research and policy.
As part of our current strategic plan, we will revisit and refine those priorities using a practical, resource-sensitive process: this first broad online survey of SCAR members and stakeholders, workshops at the 2026 SCAR Open Science Conference in Oslo, follow-up online expert fora to prioritise the resulting research questions, and discussion at the 2026 Delegates Meeting. The aim is to distil community concerns into a focused set of horizon-scan research questions that can guide national programmes, funders and policymakers.
This first survey asks a simple but important question: what concerns you most about Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and why?
Your responses will directly shape the priorities and questions taken forward in the OSC workshops and the final prioritisation process.
Thank you for helping to focus international research where it's most needed. Please submit your answers by 1 March 2026 using this link: https://bit.ly/scar-horizonscan
Best wishes,
Johanna
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