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An ocean eddie in the Southern Ocean.

New ACEAS Explainer highlights risks of slowing global ocean overturning circulation

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New ACEAS Explainer highlights risks of slowing global ocean overturning circulation The Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS) today published a new Explainer on the Meridional Overturning Circulation (MOC) – a vast system of ocean currents that underpins Earth’s climate and ocean health. Often described as the ocean’s ‘conveyor belt’, the MOC moves […]

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A satellite image of Dibble Polynya taken on September 16, 2023 (Credit: European Space Agency Sentinel-2B)

‘Sea ice factory’ in East Antarctica revealed as unexpected global current driver

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‘Sea ice factory’ in East Antarctica revealed as unexpected global current driver A new study by Australian and Japanese researchers has uncovered a surprising source of deep-ocean ventilation in East Antarctica – one that could have implications for global ocean currents and climate systems. The research, published in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment,

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A CTD after it has been deployed – ready to be sampled by scientists. Each bottle/Niskin has been closed at a specific depth. Credit: Joline Lalime.

COOKIES Blog #7 – Global circulation and the humble CTD

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Global circulation and the humble CTD By Izzy White, University of Southampton (England) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU The world has five ocean basins: Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, and Southern with the Atlantic and Pacific basins divided again into Northern and Southern parts. Figure 1: Diagram of the major ocean basins and their gyres. Source: https://oceaninfo.com/list/ocean-currents/

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