Antarctic Ice Decline Accelerates Amid Rising Ocean Salinity and US Data Sharing Halt
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Scientists warn that the US Department of Defense's decision to stop sharing satellite data on sea ice could hinder global efforts to monitor climate change impacts, especially in Antarctica where record low sea ice levels are accelerating ice shelf calving and potential sea level rise, with broader ecological consequences.
- Tracking sea ice is ‘early warning system’ for global heating - but US halt to data sharing will make it harder, scientists warn The Guardian
- Near Antarctica, Saltier Seas Mean Less Ice, Study Finds The New York Times
- Southern Ocean saltier, hotter and losing ice fast as decades-long trend unexpectedly reverses Phys.org
- ‘Completely unexpected’: Antarctic sea ice may be in terminal decline due to rising Southern Ocean salinity The Conversation
- Large-scale ice-shelf calving events follow prolonged amplifications in flexure Nature
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