Climate Change
Climate changed linked to Antarctic heatwaves
Scientist show how record-breaking Antarctic warming exacerbated by climate change.
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Paleoceanography
Tipping the iceberg: How Antarctic icebergs influence climate
Citation: Starr, A., et al. (2021). Antarctic icebergs reorganize ocean circulation during Pleistocene glacials. Nature,589(7841). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03094-7 Ice ages have…
Sea Ice
Open ocean polynyas: How these holes in the ice mysteriously appear
For decades now scientists have been fascinated by polynyas, holes that appear in the polar sea ice whose causes are…
Paleoceanography
How much heat is stored in the oceans: Insights from ice cores
Reviewing: Shackleton, S., et al. “Global ocean heat content in the Last Interglacial.” Nature geoscience 13.1 (2020): 77-81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0498-0 Water…
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Who Governs the Ocean Around Antarctica?
Antarctica is often considered an untouched wilderness. While its location is remote, the region is hardly undisturbed by human activity.…
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The Many Modes of Antarctic Ice Loss
The Western Antarctic Ice Shelf has been melting rapidly in recent decades, largely due to upwelling of deep ocean water…
Biological oceanography
Antarctic krill retreat to icy terrace homes for the winter
An international research time dives beneath the ice in Antarctica's remote oceans to understand how krill larvae make use of…
Physical oceanography
Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean
A team of scientists used underwater ocean gliders to measure ocean turbulence and mixing along the Antarctic continental slope and…
Noise
Can you hear me now? Investigating sound across the Atlantic Ocean
The ocean is full of sounds, ranging from marine mammal conversations to man-made noises used to investigate the seafloor. Ocean…
Climate Change
Coastal waves link far-off winds to melting Antarctic ice
The ocean surrounding Antarctica is warming, rapidly melting ice shelves from below. Scientists have now discovered that strong winds thousands…
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Antarctica’s growing green space
As the planet warms, Antarctic land ice is retreating rapidly in some regions, and along with this, small pockets of…
Methodology
Using seabirds to study squid
How do scientists track fast swimming squid in the remote and vast open waters of the Southern Ocean? Probably not…
Physical oceanography
Antarctica’s bottom waters freshen up
A team of researchers went back to the same part of Antarctic after a decade to see how the deep…
Book Review Physical oceanography
Earth’s strongest current even stronger than previously thought
The Antarctic Circumpolar current, which wraps around Antarctica and connects the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, is notoriously difficult to…
Sea Ice
Pole wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Sea Ice
In the sea ice battle between the North Pole and the South Pole, there is no winner in 2016, as…
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Positive real estate outlook for Antarctic krill
An Australian research team predict future sea-ice habitats for Antarctic krill larvae, and are surprised to find more suitable ice…
Climate Change
Why the Southern Ocean is getting less salty
The Southern Ocean has been getting less salty for decades, and scientists have finally proved that sea-ice is responsible for…
Behavior Biology deep sea
Hide-and-Go-Seek in the Deep Sea
In the deep sea off the coast of Antartica, sea urchins are getting crafty to avoid predation from king crabs.…
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12,000 feet under the sea, from space
A pair of scientists have figured out how to track deep ocean currents using gravity measurements from space.
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Plankton fill up ice-free summer homes
Source: Li, Y., R. Ji, S. Jenouvrier, M. Jin, and J. Stroeve (2016), Synchronicity between ice retreat and phytoplankton bloom…