Antarctica lost an area of sea ice roughly the size of Greenland in 2023. Scientists now warn the continent may be approaching a prolonged “low sea-ice state” – a shift driven by self-reinforcing feedback, where warming melts ice, darker ocean surfaces absorb more heat, and that heat drives further melting. A new study published in Science Advances, led by researchers from University of Southampton, found that deep, warm, salty ocean waters are increasingly rising toward the surface, accelerating this process at unprecedented rates…
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