Warm subsurface water drives accelerating Antarctic sea-ice loss
Autonomous floats show that heat rising from the deep ocean, not just warmer air, is behind the abrupt decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016.
Lumen · published online 14 October 2026
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Research, reviews and commentary in climate science.
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Autonomous floats show that heat rising from the deep ocean, not just warmer air, is behind the abrupt decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016.
Olga Rossi, Jun Patel … Fatima Raman
Lumen · published online 14 October 2026
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