The paper is titled "Ekman-Driven Salt Transport as a Key Mechanism for Open-Ocean ... polynya in the Weddell Sea since the 1970s." During 2016 and 2017, the large circular ocean current around ...

But in the open ocean and away from these coastal ... They found that in 2016 and 2017, the Weddell Sea's circular ocean ...

The ocean around Antarctica freezes and doubles ... The winter of 2016 also saw the development of a polynya in the Weddell Sea, a large area of open water within the sea ice, which also ...

The Weddell Sea is as pristine as it is perilous. At more than 1.08million miles 2 (2.8million km 2) and home to over 14,000 species of animal – including significant populations of whales ...

Near the Filchner Ice Shelf in the south of the Antarctic Weddell Sea, a research team has found the world’s largest fish breeding area known to date. A towed camera system photographed and ...

creating thousands of free-drifting icebergs in the nearby Weddell Sea. A novel study has now found that these migrant icebergs serve as hot spots of ocean life, enhancing local primary production ...

It's November 2024. Small red flags flap lazily in the breeze on the sea ice in front of Scott Base. They mark a safe route ...

Ocean currents ... opened in Antarctica's sea ice in 2016-17. Now we know why A-23A has travelled more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) north from its home in the Southern Weddell Sea, where it calved ...

Weddell seals’ large bodies are covered in a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm above and below the icy waters of the Southern Ocean. Feeding primarily on large fish, they are capable of diving ...