A delicate Antarctic balance crucial to global climate

19 Dec 2025
Antarctica
Iceberg near Cape Darnely, Antarctica. Photo credit: Sienna Blanckensee

New findings about ocean processes in the Antarctic show melting ice shelves and changes to sea ice could have catastrophic implications for the global climate.

A team of Australian researchers led by Dr David Gwyther at The University of Queensland has identified competing forces that control the formation of some of the coldest, densest – and most important – water on the planet.

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