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Melting Point: Where is the Antarctic Sea Ice?

For World Penguin Day last month, PAL Co-PI Dr. Sharon Stammerjohn was featured in a video produced by the Wilson Center on the recent changes in Antarctic sea ice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWwYi_2Oyd8 The above video was…

Conceptual diagram showing the seasonal progression of heat and salt fluxes and related feedback processes that control sea-ice formation and melt.

PAL News

Upside Down Ocean: Unraveling the Crisis of Antarctic Sea Ice

Climate change is having a dramatic effect on Antarctic sea ice. For years, ice around the continent seemed oddly consistent, while sea ice in the Arctic has declined dramatically. But that is no longer the case. Over the last few years,…

Papers

New Paper: Influence of seasonally varying sea-ice concentration and subsurface ocean heat

Do you love 1-D ocean-sea ice models? Then check out the latest paper by Ben, Darren, Scott, Doug and Sharon. Kudos to the team! For more, check out the abstract and citation below. Processes driving changes in sea-ice seasonality and…

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