
Warm Ocean Water Migrates Towards Antarctica, With Potential Implications for Ice Melt
New research reveals a poleward migration of warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) towards the Antarctic continent, marked by increased CDW thickness near the coast and a concurrent contraction of Antarctic Bottom Water. This shift, identified using machine learning analysis of oceanographic data, suggests an enhanced heat flux toward the Antarctic continental shelf, with potential implications for basal ice shelf melting and sea-level projections.
By Lanham, Purkey, Srinivasan, Mazloff, Cimoli, Mashayek

