@_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.

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Joined December 2022
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1⃣ 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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SOOS
@SOOSocean18 Aug 2023
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! 🌏 utas.edu.au/about/news-and-s…
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“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 abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/a…

A once in every 7.5 million year event is unfolding in the Antarctic. And it has scientists...

Antarctic sea ice has usually been able to recover in winter. But this time it's different, with levels taking a sharp downward turn at a time of year when sea ice usually forms reliably — and...

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'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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🧵1/6 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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UN Climate Change
@UNFCCC22 Apr 2023
These are the average temperatures of planets in our solar system: 🥵 Mercury 167°C 🥵 Venus 464°C 🌎 Earth 15°C 🥶 Mars -65°C 🥶 Jupiter -110°C 🥶 Saturn -140°C 🥶 Uranus -195°C 🥶 Neptune -200°C Our planet is like no other. Time to protect our only home. #EarthDay
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🧵 1/3 Floating ice shelves are like dam walls for the ice sheet on land. They buttress the grounded ice and stop it sliding into the sea. Accurately predicting their melt rates is crucial to know much ice sheets will contribute to global sea level rise over coming centuries 🌊
Totten Glacier ice shelf (photo by Tas van Ommen)

ALT Totten Glacier ice shelf (photo by Tas van Ommen)

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As #Antarctic sea ice area drops to a record summer low...again...what do we need to know? 🧊 Listen in to The World Today 📻 abc.net.au/radio/programs/wo…
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