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"The Southern Ocean is wild and dynamic. It experiences Earth’s strongest winds
and largest waves. It is home to city-sized icebergs and the biggest ocean
current on the globe, as well as tiny turbulent flows that fit inside a teacup.
The Southern Ocean is also crucial to Earth’s natural systems. It forms the
dense water that fills the world’s deep oceans. It stores heat and carbon
resulting from human-caused global warming, and controls the flux of heat to
the huge ice sheet of Antarctica – the greatest threat to runaway global
sea-level rise.
The scale and complexity of the Southern Ocean can be hard to comprehend. But
our new paper may help. It summarises the present state of understanding of the
Southern Ocean, how it is changing, and where the knowledge gaps lie.
Scientists and others regularly voyage to the Southern Ocean’s furthermost icy
reaches – but more research is needed. The scientific and broader community
must join together to advance Southern Ocean science and protect this vital
natural asset."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
