Climate models suggest that climate change could reduce the Southern Ocean’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO 2). However, observational data actually shows that this ability has seen no ...
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Antarctica’s iron paradox: Why melting ice is weakening the ocean’s biggest carbon sponge, not strengthening it
Antarctica sits atop one of the planet’s most powerful climate levers. The frigid waters encircling the continent soak up a ...
Researchers have discovered a dramatic and unexpected shift in the Southern Ocean, with surface water salinity rising and sea ice in steep decline. Since 2015, Antarctica has lost sea ice equal to the ...
Since the saltiness of ocean surface waters is a key variable in the climate system, understanding how this changes is important to understanding climate change. Thanks to ESA’s Climate Change ...
In recent years, the Southern Ocean has undergone one of the most dramatic environmental shifts observed anywhere on Earth. Scientists have tracked an unexpected and rapid rise in surface salinity ...
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