Deepest Southern Ocean Layer Shrinking Rapidly, Study Finds
The deepest layer of the Southern Ocean, known as Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW), is shrinking and warming at an accelerating rate, according to research published in Geophysical Research Letters. A circumpolar analysis conducted between 2002 and 2023 shows the volume of this critical water mass fell by 3 percent, with the pace of decline quadrupling … Read more