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Southern Ocean

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Ice Begets Ice in the Clouds of the Southern Ocean

by Bjorn Stevens 17 March 202218 March 2022

Poorly understood ice multiplication processes, not aerosols, may determine the microphysical properties of climatologically important clouds over the Southern Ocean.

Metal drill going into ice hole
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A Subglacial Lake in Antarctica Churns Out Nutrients

by Katherine Kornei 8 April 202029 April 2022

Eight hundred meters below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, microbes in subglacial Lake Whillans create organic carbon that helps power the Southern Ocean’s vast food chain.

Figure showing changes in ocean surface temperature as a large iceberg and several small icebergs break off an ice shelf
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Creating Icebergs in Ocean Models Coupled to Ice Shelves

by L. Padman 6 June 201914 April 2022

Modeling icebergs as Lagrangian elements held together by numerical bonds provides insights into coupled exchanges of heat, freshwater, and momentum between large icebergs and the ocean.

Researchers combine estimates of sea surface height and circulation patterns in the Southern Ocean to see the bigger picture.
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A Complete Picture of Southern Ocean Surface Circulation

by Kate Wheeling 30 April 20188 June 2022

For the first time, researchers combine estimates of sea surface height and circulation patterns in both ice-covered and ice-free regions of the Southern Ocean.

Elephant seals, one with a scientific instrument glued to its head.
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Elephant Seals' Dives Show Slowdown in Ocean Circulation

by JoAnna Wendel 23 August 20168 June 2022

Data from instruments mounted on elephant seals reveal that melting ice flushes fresh water into the Southern Ocean, suppressing an important arm of the global ocean circulation belt.

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Contribution of Weddell Gyre to Global Overturning Circulation

by JoAnna Wendel 14 October 20148 June 2022

How much does the Weddell Gyre contribute to the Global Overturning Circulation?

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