Southern Ocean
Environment
Research
There’s a link between sudden Antarctic ice shelf breakups and sea ice loss
When sea ice retreats, damaging ocean waves can break already weakened Antarctic ice shelves
Environment
Research
The Southern Ocean is Earth’s climate ‘engine room’
A shipboard monitoring system is giving researchers much-needed measurements of Antarctic wind, waves and ice
Environment
Ocean waves and winds are getting higher and stronger
Using billions of satellite measurements, new research shows ocean waves and the winds that generate them have been increasing for the last 30 years
Environment
Exploring the birthplace of monster waves
An expedition to the Antarctic explores where rogue waves begin, and what these monsters tell us about the way the ocean behaves and interacts with global climate change
Environment
Hiding in plain sight
An ocean once thought of as free of pollution is a source of a particularly toxic form of mercury called methylmercury