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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Closing the loops on Southern Ocean dynamics: From the circumpolar current to ice shelves and from bottom mixing to surface waves

LG Bennetts, CJ Shakespeare… - Reviews of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A holistic review is given of the Southern Ocean dynamic system, in the context of the crucial
role it plays in the global climate and the profound changes it is experiencing. The review …

Winter thermohaline evolution along and below the Ross Ice Shelf

P Falco, N Krauzig, P Castagno, A Garzia… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Ross Ice Shelf floats above the southern sector of the Ross Sea and creates a
cavity where critical ocean-ice interactions take place. Crucial processes occurring in this …

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 …