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"Picture sea ice in your mind. You probably imagine brilliant white,
snow-covered floes floating on the surface of the ocean, home to penguins in
the south of the globe or polar bears in the north.
But our new research shows Antarctic sea ice can turn into rafts of rotting
floes (the free-floating pieces of ice) or an icy green slush when it interacts
with waves in the stormiest ocean on the planet.
We now know the wave-driven processes that cause the surface of the sea ice to
melt are a “missing link” in understanding what’s driving the increasing
Antarctic sea ice melt each summer.
These processes can dramatically increase the rate the ice melts, with major
implications for the global climate and Antarctic marine ecosystems."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
