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The Weddell Sea helps power the great ocean conveyor, which moves heat, carbon dioxide and nutrients around Earth’s ocean basins. Janelle Lugge/Shutterstock

Slowing deep Southern Ocean current may be linked to natural climate cycle – but that’s no reason to stop worrying about melting Antarctic ice

Alessandro Silvano, University of Southampton; Andrew Meijers, British Antarctic Survey, and Shenjie Zhou, British Antarctic Survey

Freshening seawater around Antarctica is disrupting a global ocean conveyor which regulates the climate.
Since the industrial revolution began in the mid-1700s, atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations have gone up by 46%. from www.shutterstock.com

Climate explained: why we won’t be heading into an ice age any time soon

James Renwick, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

For the past two and a half million years, Earth has experienced regular ice ages, but with carbon dioxide levels now over 400 parts per million, the next ice age is postponed for a very long time.
Floods in South East Queensland follow a 40-year cycle, and planners should take note. AAP Image

Floods don’t occur randomly, so why do we still plan as if they do?

Anthony Kiem, University of Newcastle

Engineering practice assumes that floods are randomly distributed but science suggests they are not. This raises questions about the reliability of flood infrastructure and management strategies.

Related Topics

  1. Antarctic ice sheet
  2. Climate change
  3. Climate Explained
  4. El Nino
  5. Extreme weather
  6. Milankovitch cycles
  7. Queensland
  8. Sea ice
  9. Southern ocean
  10. Weddell Sea

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