Satellite observing breakthrough for monitoring the movement of Antarctic dense water Ocean modelling researchers have discovered a reliable and long-term new method to capture the formation and export of dense water around the Antarctic coast. Dense water is formed as […]

Antarctica’s hidden threat: meltwater under the ice sheet amplifies sea-level rise Author: Chen Zhao, University of Tasmania and Ben Galton-Fenzi, Australian Antarctic Division *This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Louie Lee, […]

Sand-sized fossils hold secrets to the history of climate change Author: Yuhao Dai, Australian National University *This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of […]

Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound Authors: Taimoor Sohail, The University of Melbourne and Bishakhdatta Gayen, The University of Melbourne *This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative […]