• About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos
Skip to content
  • AGU.org
  • AGU Publications
    • AGU Journals
    • Editors’ Highlights
    • Editors’ Vox
  • Career Center
  • AGU Blogs
  • Join AGU
  • Give to AGU
Eos

Eos

Science News by AGU

Sign Up for Newsletter
  • About
  • Special Reports
  • Topics
    • Climate
    • Earth Science
    • Oceans
    • Space & Planets
    • Health & Ecosystems
    • Culture & Policy
    • Education & Careers
    • Opinions
  • Projects
    • ENGAGE
    • Third Pod from the Sun
    • Eos en Español
    • Eos 简体中文版
    • Print Archive
  • Newsletter
  • Submit to Eos

Southern Ocean

Satellite image showing black water next to white ice with cracks
Posted inNews

Supercharged El Niño Could Speed Up Southern Ocean Warming

by Erin Martin-Jones 24 March 202328 March 2023

Projected changes to El Niño will likely accelerate warming of the deep oceans around the Antarctic, supplying heat that could drive ice loss and sea level rise.

Black hills covered in snow in front of a deep blue sea and tall white mountains.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A Deeper Dive into Wintry, Carbon-Absorbing Antarctic Waters

Aaron Sidder, freelance science writer by Aaron Sidder 8 March 20238 March 2023

Cold surface water in the Southern Ocean is a critical component in ocean carbon uptake. A new study profiles it using state-of-the-art research techniques.

Researcher Liezel Rudolph stands next to an unmarked signpost on Marion Island.
Posted inNews

Geospatial Database for the Prince Edward Islands

by Munyaradzi Makoni 9 November 202217 November 2022

South African scientists map uninhabited islands in the Southern Ocean.

Images of ice particles
Posted inEditors' Highlights

New Cloud and Precipitation Data Over the Southern Ocean

by Minghua Zhang 11 October 202211 October 2022

New measurements show the macro- and microphysical characteristics of the clouds and precipitation over the data-space regions of the Southern Ocean.

Iceberg in the Southern Ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

A New Look at Preindustrial Carbon Release from the Deep Ocean

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 18 August 202218 August 2022

New research could help inform future studies of how the release of carbon dioxide from the Southern Ocean might affect global climate change.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Ice Begets Ice in the Clouds of the Southern Ocean

by Bjorn Stevens 17 March 202217 August 2022

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

Microbes live in hydrothermal systems like this one on the East Pacific Rise.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Hydrothermal Vents May Add Ancient Carbon to Ocean Waters

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 7 July 202116 February 2023

Data from a long-distance research cruise provide new insights into carbon cycling in the eastern Pacific and Southern Oceans.

Map of the Southern Ocean showing the flux of carbon dioxide determined from the USV measurements during the 196-day circumnavigation of Antarctica
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Robot Measures Air-Sea Carbon Dioxide Exchange in Southern Ocean

by J. Sprintall 22 February 202117 August 2022

Unique air and ocean surface observations of the Southern Ocean from a 22,000 km, 196-day circumnavigation around Antarctica by an Uncrewed Surface Vehicle.

Illustration of a coccolithophore against a blue background
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Alkalinity Trap at the Bottom of the World

Elizabeth Thompson by Elizabeth Thompson 9 February 202117 August 2022

Tiny microorganisms in the Southern Ocean affect the way the rest of the world’s seas respond to carbon dioxide.

Seabird soars over a very stormy Southern Ocean
Posted inNews

Larger Waves in Store as the Planet Warms

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 9 July 202030 November 2022

By the end of the 21st century, waves will have gotten larger in some ocean basins, particularly the Southern Ocean, climate modeling reveals.

Posts navigation

1 2 3 4 Older posts

Features from AGU Journals

RESEARCH SPOTLIGHTS
Earth’s Future
“How to Build a Climate-Resilient Water Supply”
By Rachel Fritts

EDITORS' HIGHLIGHTS
AGU Advances
“How Do Atmospheric Rivers Respond to Extratropical Variability?”
By Sarah Kang

EDITORS' VOX
Reviews of Geophysics
“Rare and Revealing: Radiocarbon in Service of Paleoceanography”
By Luke C. Skinner and Edouard Bard

Eos logo at left; AGU logo at right

About Eos
ENGAGE
Awards
Contact

Advertise
Submit
Career Center
Sitemap

© 2023 American Geophysical Union. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic