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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Climate forcing of regional deep-sea biodiversity documented by benthic foraminifera

G Schmiedl, Y Milker, A Mackensen - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The biodiversity of deep-sea ecosystems is closely linked to orbital and suborbital climate
changes during the late Quaternary as documented by the diversity and species …

Recent acceleration in global ocean heat accumulation by mode and intermediate waters

Z Li, MH England, S Groeskamp - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The ocean absorbs> 90% of anthropogenic heat in the Earth system, moderating global
atmospheric warming. However, it remains unclear how this heat uptake is distributed by …

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 …

Re-organization of Pacific overturning circulation across the Miocene Climate Optimum

A Holbourn, W Kuhnt, DK Kulhanek, G Mountain… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The response of the ocean overturning circulation to global warming remains controversial.
Here, we integrate a multiproxy record from International Ocean Discovery Program Site …

Annual mass budget of Antarctic ice shelves from 1997 to 2021

BJ Davison, AE Hogg, N Gourmelen, L Jakob… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Antarctic ice shelves moderate the contribution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet to global sea level
rise; however, ice shelf health remains poorly constrained. Here, we present the annual …

[HTML][HTML] The Zero Emissions Commitment and climate stabilization

S Palazzo Corner, M Siegert, P Ceppi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
How do we halt global warming? Reaching net zero carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions is
understood to be a key milestone on the path to a safer planet. But how confident are we that …

Is the Atlantic overturning circulation approaching a tip** point?

S Rahmstorf - Oceanography, 2024 - JSTOR
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation has a major impact on climate, not just in the
northern Atlantic but globally. Paleoclimatic data show it has been unstable in the past …

Synergistic atmosphere-ocean-ice influences have driven the 2023 all-time Antarctic sea-ice record low

J Wang, F Massonnet, H Goosse, H Luo… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Antarctic sea ice extent (SIE) reached a new record low in February 2023. Here we examine
the evolution of the coupled ocean-atmosphere-sea ice system during the 12 months …