Southern Ocean Archives - Page 5 of 6

R/V Laurence M. Gould casts a shadow on an iceberg along the West Antarctic Peninsula.

Understanding a Changing West Antarctic Peninsula

by K. Hendry, S. Henley and Oscar Schofield 13 October 20175 October 2022

The 1st Workshop of the SOOS WAP Working Group; Cambridge, United Kingdom, 15–16 May 2017
In Icy Waters: The Future of Marine Biogeochemical Research off the West Antarctic Peninsula; Chicheley, United Kingdom, 17–18 May 2017

Editors' Vox

Warm Waters in West Antarctica

by J. Turner and H. Gudmundsson 16 June 201725 January 2023

A recent paper in Reviews of Geophysics describes the atmospheric and oceanic processes that are causing ice loss in the Antarctic.

Elephant seals, one with a scientific instrument glued to its head.

News

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.

Measures of current and pressure in the Southern Ocean show their effect on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Research Spotlights

What Steers Antarctica's Largest Current?

by A. Branscombe 11 August 201622 July 2022

Scientists have observed that pressure from current-seafloor encounters drives the direction of the massive Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Southern Ocean.

Phytoplankton blooms help to cycle nitrate in the Southern Ocean.

Research Spotlights

A New Mechanism for Nitrogen Cycling in the Southern Ocean

by Sarah Stanley 29 July 201617 August 2022

A nitrite-oxidizing enzyme may work in reverse for some microbes in the Antarctic autumn.

Mollusk shells reveal ocean warming episodes.

News

Climate Warming May Have Helped Kill the Dinosaurs

by A. Coombs 14 July 20162 March 2023

New evidence indicates ancient warming spells that coincided with prodigious volcanism and a powerful meteorite impact, both seen as possible causes of mass extinctions about 66 million years ago.

Wedell Sea ice source of Antarctic bottom water

Research Spotlights

How Do the Deep Waters of the Antarctic Form?

by W. Yan 12 July 201619 July 2022

Researchers uncover new insights into the life cycle of water in the Antarctic region by measuring noble gas concentrations.

A wave glider takes flux measurements in the southern ocean.

Science Updates

New Approaches for Air-Sea Fluxes in the Southern Ocean

by S. Gille, S. Josey and S. Swart 13 May 201617 August 2022

Air-Sea Fluxes for the Southern Ocean: Strategies and Requirements for Detecting Physical and Biogeochemical Exchanges; Frascati, Italy, 21–23 September 2015

Research Spotlights