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Changing currents in the Southern Ocean raise a climate alarm
- rektide 5y agoI really appreciate that this article talked about other factors like the ocean absorbing heat & carbon dioxide, & the threat that a warmer antarctic could potentially turn it from a net-carbon sink to a net-carbon-source. The sea level rise is unbelievably terrifying. And that seems to have captured most of the press-coverage energy of the recent news/findings. But scoping the antarctic as a piece of a broader global system of climate, getting some systems thinking ideas going on rather than just "oceans rise doomsday zomg" is quite appreciated. Even though, yeah, oceans rise doomsday zomg. :/