Tropical teleconnection impacts on Antarctic climate changes

X Li, W Cai, GA Meehl, D Chen, X Yuan… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the modern satellite era, substantial climatic changes have been observed in the
Antarctic, including atmospheric and oceanic warming, ice sheet thinning and a general …

[HTML][HTML] Southern Ocean warming and its climatic impacts

W Cai, L Gao, Y Luo, X Li, X Zheng, X Zhang, X Cheng… - Science Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Southern Ocean has warmed substantially, and up to early 21st century,
Antarctic stratospheric ozone depletion and increasing atmospheric CO 2 have conspired to …

Abyssal ocean overturning slowdown and warming driven by Antarctic meltwater

Q Li, MH England, AMC Hogg, SR Rintoul, AK Morrison - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The abyssal ocean circulation is a key component of the global meridional overturning
circulation, cycling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients throughout the world ocean,. The …

[HTML][HTML] Record low Antarctic sea ice coverage indicates a new sea ice state

A Purich, EW Doddridge - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In February 2023, Antarctic sea ice set a record minimum; there have now been
three record-breaking low sea ice summers in seven years. Following the summer minimum …

[HTML][HTML] Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea-ice changes

S Zhou, AJS Meijers, MP Meredith… - Nature climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is pivotal for oceanic heat and carbon
sequestrations on multidecadal to millennial timescales. The Weddell Sea contributes nearly …

[HTML][HTML] Recent reduced abyssal overturning and ventilation in the Australian Antarctic Basin

KL Gunn, SR Rintoul, MH England… - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
Dense water formed near Antarctica, known as Antarctic bottom water (AABW), drives deep
ocean circulation and supplies oxygen to the abyssal ocean. Observations show that AABW …

[HTML][HTML] The international bathymetric chart of the southern ocean version 2

B Dorschel, L Hehemann, S Viquerat, F Warnke… - Scientific Data, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica is a region that is key to a range of
climatic and oceanographic processes with worldwide effects, and is characterised by high …

Antarctic climate change and the environment: A decadal synopsis and recommendations for action

SL Chown, RI Leihy, TR Naish, CM Brooks, P Convey… - 2022 - ro.uow.edu.au
Scientific evidence is abundantly clear and convincing that due to the current trajectory of
human-derived emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, the atmosphere and ocean …

[HTML][HTML] Record low sea ice extent in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica in April/May 2019 driven by intense and explosive polar cyclones

B Jena, CC Bajish, J Turner, M Ravichandran… - Npj Climate and …, 2022 - nature.com
Sea ice extent (SIE) in the Weddell Sea attained exceptionally low levels in April (1.97
million km2) and May (3.06 million km2) 2019, with the values being~ 22% below the long …

Persistent Ross Sea freshening from imbalance West Antarctic ice shelf melting

SS Jacobs, CF Giulivi, P Dutrieux - Journal of Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A 63‐year observational record in the southwest Ross Sea shows a continuing, near‐linear
salinity decrease of 0.170 and slight warming of 0.013° C through 2020. That freshening …