Antarctic futures: an assessment of climate-driven changes in ecosystem structure, function, and service provisioning in the Southern Ocean

AD Rogers, BAV Frinault, DKA Barnes… - Annual Review of …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
In this article, we analyze the impacts of climate change on Antarctic marine ecosystems.
Observations demonstrate large-scale changes in the physical variables and circulation of …

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 …

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 …

Antarctic slope current modulates ocean heat intrusions towards Totten Glacier

Y Nakayama, CA Greene, FS Paolo… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Totten ice shelf (TIS) in East Antarctica has received increasing attention in recent years
due to high basal melt rates, which have been linked to a presence of warm modified …

Unabated bottom water warming and freshening in the South Pacific Ocean

SG Purkey, GC Johnson, LD Talley… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abyssal ocean warming contributed substantially to anthropogenic ocean heat uptake and
global sea level rise between 1990 and 2010. In the 2010s, several hydrographic sections …

Deep Argo reveals Bottom Water properties and pathways in the Australian‐Antarctic basin

A Foppert, SR Rintoul, SG Purkey… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in properties and quantity of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) have major
implications for the climate system, through sequestration of heat and carbon into, and …

Spatial variability of Antarctic bottom water in the Australian Antarctic Basin from 2018–2020 captured by Deep Argo

G Thomas, SG Purkey, D Roemmich… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There are two varieties of Antarctic Bottom Water present in the Australian Antarctic Basin
(AAB): locally produced Adélie Land Bottom Water (ALBW) and distantly produced Ross …

Sea ice meltwater and circumpolar deep water drive contrasting productivity in three Antarctic polynyas

S Moreau, D Lannuzel, J Janssens… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In the Southern Ocean, polynyas exhibit enhanced rates of primary productivity and
represent large seasonal sinks for atmospheric CO2. Three contrasting east Antarctic …

[HTML][HTML] Stratification effects in the turbulent boundary layer beneath a melting ice shelf: Insights from resolved large-eddy simulations

CA Vreugdenhil, JR Taylor - Journal of Physical …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Stratification Effects in the Turbulent Boundary Layer beneath a Melting Ice Shelf: Insights from
Resolved Large-Eddy Simulations in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 49 Issue 7 …

Influence of ocean tides and ice shelves on ocean–ice interactions and dense shelf water formation in the D'Urville Sea, Antarctica

PV Huot, T Fichefet, NC Jourdain, P Mathiot, C Rousset… - Ocean Modelling, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The D'Urville Sea, East Antarctica, is a major source of Dense Shelf Water (DSW), a
precursor of Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW). AABW is a key water mass involved in the …