Antarctic Sea-Ice Loss Is Making the Southern Ocean Saltier
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Antarctic sea ice’s rapid decline since 2016 has reversed decades of ocean freshening. Six datasets covering 2004–2024 show rising salinity at depths of 2,300–4,000 feet in water that carries heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients from Antarctica into the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans.
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