Enhanced westerly winds lead to increased ocean heat transport to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, study finds

Enhanced westerly winds lead to increased ocean heat transport to the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, study finds

A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, including researchers from the National Institute of Polar Research, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and the Institute of Low Temperature Science (Hokkaido University), has found that enhanced westerly winds associated with global warming will strengthen the clockwise circulations and transport heat to the ice …

Antarctic Sea Ice Plunged in Summer 2025

In 2025, summer sea ice in the Antarctic tied for the second-lowest minimum extent ever recorded in the 47-year satellite record, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC).

After Arctic race now time for an Antarctica surge?

For the last few years the race for the Arctic circle has been heating up as global powers have their eyes fixed on the vast largely untapped resources of the circle. However now some nations are looking at the Antarctic as well.    In a recent visit the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the […] The post After Arctic race now time for an Antarctica surge? appeared first on TFIGlobal.

A research group led by Associate Professor Kohei Mizobata, University of Maritime Science and Technology, Tokyo, including researchers from the National Polar Research Institute, the Japan Marine Land Science and Technology Agency, and the Institute of Low Temperature Science (Hokkaido University), found that [...]