Devastatingly low Antarctic sea ice may be the ‘new abnormal', study warns
- Written by Edward Doddridge, Research Associate in Physical Oceanography, University of Tasmania
For most of us, Antarctic sea ice is an abstraction – something far away we may have seen on a documentary. But the radiant white sheets of ice floating on the seas around the snowy continent are a crucial component of Earth’s climate processes.
Sea ice insulates the ocean, reflects heat, drives currents, supports ecosystems and...
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