🌊 Southern Ocean
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🌊 Southern Ocean
@_SouthernOcean
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.

🌊 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/sc…

⤵️⤵️ 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-dip-ant…

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 ➡️ arcsaef.com/story/the-sout…

1/5🩵 "The rhythmic expansion and contraction of sea ice is just like a heartbeat. Just as a change in our heartbeat affects our whole body, a change to sea ice around Antarctica affects the whole world." — animated satellite data 1978-2024 by @ACCESS_NRI, from @NSIDC via @NASA

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-carbon-to…


🌊 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 #NatureAfrica


🌊🌏 "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-call-fo…



🔊 A compelling interview about the magnitude of #Antarctic sea ice loss – in the depths of winter – by AAPP oceanographer @edoddridge. 📻 Listen in to @RadioNational abc.net.au/radionational/… @CSIRO, @BOM_au, @UTAS_, @IMASUTAS, @AusAntarctic, @IMOS_AUS, @GeoscienceAus, @DCCEEW

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. aappartnership.org.au/eyes-of-the-wo…




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! aappartnership.org.au/eyes-of-the-wo…


🧶 1/9 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]

🌋 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

