Hardest working ocean on Earth youโve never heard of. Doing the heavy lifting to suck up carbon and heat, and cool the planet. You're welcome.
Joined December 2022
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Some people consider me cold and remote.
But Iโm 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 couldโฆ
๐ 1/ A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the Southern Ocean never sampled before โ underneath massive floating Denman and Shackleton ice shelves in East #Antarctica.
New in @ScienceMagazine #ScienceAdvances: science.org/doi/10.1126/sciaโฆ
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26 Oct 2024
Attention: will the owner of a small blue planet with tectonic plates please attend to your vehicle. It is overheating.
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10 Sep 2024
Not as crusty as I should be
โคต๏ธโคต๏ธ Double dip: For the second winter in a row, the extent of Antarctic sea ice has been exceptionally below average โ 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/doubleโฆ
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5 Apr 2024
๐ช๐ฝthe youngest ocean with cleanest air and cloudiest skies
The @_SouthernOcean is renowned for having the cleanest air on๐
But until now scientists haven't understood why๐ค
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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8 Mar 2024
๐ฉบ Feel my pulse
1/5๐ฉต "The rhythmic expansion and contraction of sea ice is just like a heartbeat. Just as aย change in our heartbeat affects our whole body, a change to sea ice around Antarctica affects theย whole world." โ animated satellite data 1978-2024 by @ACCESS_NRI, from @NSIDC via @NASA
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4 Mar 2024
Iโm feeling better investigated thank you, but have so much more to reveal
Long lap: โlike driving between Sydney and Perth three times, at a max speed of 20 kmh.โ 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.
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12 Oct 2023
โIt looks as though the Southern Ocean is shifting gear but we donโt yet know where itโs heading and what that means for us. Thatโs where our research comes in.โ โ Nathan Bindoff of @Ant_Partnership at @UTAS_ in @GuardianAus
theguardian.com/commentisfreโฆ
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๐ฅต not to mention 75% of the excess heat from your CO2 emissions ๐ซต
29 Sep 2023
๐ Did you know that the Southern Ocean is responsible for 50% of the oceanic uptake of CO2.
๐ Major changes in phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean are linked to drivers of climate change, a study published in @NatureClimate shows.๐๐ป
go.nature.com/3RG8myq
#NatureAfrica
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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 โ the sea ice attached to the #Antarctic coast โ for a stable platform that lasts long enough for their chicks to fledge. But thereโs more to it than that.
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18 Aug 2023
my mob
๐๐ "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." โ @drsianhenley @SOOSocean
๐จ๐ข aappartnership.org.au/urgentโฆ
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18 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! ๐
utas.edu.au/about/news-and-sโฆ
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Iโm looking for โฅ๏ธ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐งก
With whatโs going down in #Antarctica right now, this is a critically important time to bring together hundreds of the worldโs @_SouthernOcean scientists for the first-ever global meeting of @SOOSocean. Weโre proud itโs in ๐ฆ๐ถ gateway @cityofhobarttas.
aappartnership.org.au/eyes-oโฆ
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โTo say unprecedented isn't strong enoughโ: 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 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! โถ๏ธ tinyurl.com/2p84swtr
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3 Jul 2023
aw shucks โบ๏ธ
For the first time in August, @SOOSocean will hold one of the worldโs 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-oโฆ
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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.
๐ฌ Julian Uribe-Palomino, @CSIRO/@IMOS_AUS
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29 May 2023
Holding my breath โtil I turn blue
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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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29 May 2023
Iโm seething inside ๐คฏ
๐ One of Australiaโs 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.
๐ธ @CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 ๐ฐ๏ธ
๐ processed @Pierre_Markuse
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15 May 2023
I've got you covered.
15 May 2023
I've been working on the payback for some time.
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