Hardest working ocean on Earth you’ve never heard of. Doing the heavy lifting to suck up carbon and heat, and cool the planet. You're welcome.
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Some people consider me cold and remote.
But I’m just getting warmed up.
Stay with me folks. Please follow and like.
ALT Ice floes under sun, photo by Pete Harmsen
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The little float that could…
🌊 1/ A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the Southern Ocean never sampled before — underneath massive floating Denman and Shackleton ice shelves in East #Antarctica.
New in @ScienceMagazine #ScienceAdvances: science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
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Not as crusty as I should be
⤵️⤵️ Double dip: For the second winter in a row, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average — and has just set a new record low for this time of year.
Read more from AAPP/@UTAS_ and @BOM_au at aappartnership.org.au/double…
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💪🏽the youngest ocean with cleanest air and cloudiest skies
The @_SouthernOcean is renowned for having the cleanest air on🌏
But until now scientists haven't understood why🤔
New research in @Nature_NPJ shows how clouds & rain play a crucial role in "scrubbing" the air clean.
@Nasim_Aln @SiemsSt @MonashUni
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I’m feeling better investigated thank you, but have so much more to reveal
Long lap: “like driving between Sydney and Perth three times, at a max speed of 20 kmh.” An epic #MISO voyage of 60 days and 12000 km on @CSIRO #RVInvestigator lands one of the most comprehensive datasets ever collected from the Southern Ocean.
➡️ aappartnership.org.au/from-c…
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“It looks as though the Southern Ocean is shifting gear but we don’t yet know where it’s heading and what that means for us. That’s where our research comes in.” — Nathan Bindoff of @Ant_Partnership at @UTAS_ in @GuardianAus
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🥵 not to mention 75% of the excess heat from your CO2 emissions 🫵
🌊 Did you know that the Southern Ocean is responsible for 50% of the oceanic uptake of CO2.
🌊 Major changes in phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean are linked to drivers of climate change, a study published in @NatureClimate shows.👇🏻
go.nature.com/3RG8myq
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🌊 Southern Ocean retweeted
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What makes the best address for an emperor penguin colony? Each year they return to the same areas of landfast ice – the sea ice attached to the #Antarctic coast – for a stable platform that lasts long enough for their chicks to fledge. But there’s more to it than that.
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🌊🌏 "The Southern Ocean ... keeps our planet liveable. However, despite the efforts of long-term programs carried out by several nations, the @_SouthernOcean remains one of the most under-observed regions on our planet." — @drsianhenley @SOOSocean
🚨📢 aappartnership.org.au/urgent…
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🌊 Southern Ocean retweeted
At the #SOOSSymposium2023 300 experts from 25 nations met in Hobart to underscore the Southern Ocean's vital role in regulating climate.
@drsianhenley emphasizes the need for global collaboration to comprehend this crucial ecosystem, while @AmidgeAndrew highlights the Southern Ocean's influence on Antarctic ice melt and sea-level rise.
With changing conditions, funding and sustained research are imperative. Let's bridge observation gaps and ensure a sustainable future for our planet! 🌏
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I’m looking for ♥️💙💜💛🖤💚🧡
With what’s going down in #Antarctica right now, this is a critically important time to bring together hundreds of the world’s @_SouthernOcean scientists for the first-ever global meeting of @SOOSocean. We’re proud it’s in 🇦🇶 gateway @cityofhobarttas.
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🌊 Southern Ocean retweeted
“To say unprecedented isn't strong enough”: as #Antarctic sea ice levels nose-dive, AAPP scientists warn @abcnews the natural likelihood of a winter like this is once in 7.5 million years.
@UTAS_, @CSIRO, @BOM_au, @IMOS_AUS, @GeoscienceAus, @AusAntarctic
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🌊 Southern Ocean retweeted
'Southern Signals' is our quarterly science bulletin. Read the latest about our research on Antarctic sea ice and the Southern Ocean in the June edition.
Out now! ▶️ tinyurl.com/2p84swtr
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aw shucks ☺️
For the first time in August, @SOOSocean will hold one of the world’s most important international scientific gatherings about an ocean central to the Earth system.
We look forward to welcoming #SOOSSymposium2023 to @cityofhobarttas next month!
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🌊 Southern Ocean retweeted
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The global ocean naturally stores about $3 trillion worth of carbon a year, about a third of the carbon we emit. Knowing how this free eco-service might change in the future may depend on understanding how tiny zooplankton eat.
🔬 Julian Uribe-Palomino, @CSIRO/@IMOS_AUS
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The massive currents swirling around Antarctica are a crucial driver of the global network of ocean currents that transport heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the world. How will this lifeline change on a warming planet?
[animation: @NASAViz]
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I’m seething inside 🤯
🌋 One of Australia’s only active volcanoes is erupting! This remarkable satellite image on 25 May shows lava flows from Big Ben on Heard Island in the @_SouthernOcean. The summit Mawson's Peak is 2745m above sea level.
📸 @CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 🛰️
👏 processed @Pierre_Markuse
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