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Carbon storage shifts around Antarctica by Meredith, Michael P.

“…Dense water production in the seas around Antarctica is a key process for century-scale carbon storage, slowing global warming. Results from an advanced new…”
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Understanding the structure of changes in the Southern Ocean eddy field by Meredith, Michael P.

“…The Southern Ocean is riddled with mesoscale eddies. Although just a few kilometers in size, these loops and vortices are key parts of the climate system and…”
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Wintertime controls on summer stratification and productivity at the western Antarctic Peninsula by Venables, Hugh J., Clarke, Andrew, Meredith, Michael P.

“…We report results collected year-round since 1998 in northern Marguerite Bay, just inside the Antarctic Circle. The magnitude of the spring phytoplankton bloom…”
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Rapid climate change in the ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula during the second half of the 20th century by Meredith, Michael P., King, John C.

“…The climate of the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is the most rapidly changing in the Southern Hemisphere, with a rise in atmospheric temperature of nearly…”
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Slowdown of Antarctic Bottom Water export driven by climatic wind and sea-ice changes by Zhou, Shenjie, Meijers, Andrew J. S., Meredith, Michael P., Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Holland, Paul R., Silvano, Alessandro, Sallée, Jean-Baptiste, Østerhus, Svein

“…Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) is pivotal for oceanic heat and carbon sequestrations on multidecadal to millennial timescales. The Weddell Sea contributes…”
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Variability of the Ross Gyre, Southern Ocean: Drivers and Responses Revealed by Satellite Altimetry by Dotto, Tiago S., Naveira Garabato, Alberto, Bacon, Sheldon, Tsamados, Michel, Holland, Paul R., Hooley, Jack, Frajka‐Williams, Eleanor, Ridout, Andy, Meredith, Michael P.

“…Year‐round variability in the Ross Gyre (RG), Antarctica, during 2011–2015, is derived using radar altimetry. The RG is characterized by a bounded…”
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Circumpolar response of Southern Ocean eddy activity to a change in the Southern Annular Mode by Meredith, Michael P., Hogg, Andrew M.

“…Analysis of satellite altimeter data reveals anomalously high Eddy Kinetic Energy (EKE) in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) during the period 2000–2002…”
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How Do Polar Marine Ecosystems Respond to Rapid Climate Change? by Schofield, Oscar, Ducklow, Hugh W, Martinson, Douglas G, Meredith, Michael P, Moline, Mark A, Fraser, William R

“…Climate change will alter marine ecosystems; however, the complexity of the food webs, combined with chronic undersampling, constrains efforts to predict their…”
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Rapid mixing and exchange of deep-ocean waters in an abyssal boundary current by Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira, Frajka-Williams, Eleanor E., Spingys, Carl P., Legg, Sonya, Polzin, Kurt L., Forryan, Alexander, Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Buckingham, Christian E., Griffies, Stephen M., McPhail, Stephen D., Nicholls, Keith W., Thomas, Leif N., Meredith, Michael P.

“…The overturning circulation of the global ocean is critically shaped by deep-ocean mixing, which transforms cold waters sinking at high latitudes into warmer,…”
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Non‐annular atmospheric circulation change induced by stratospheric ozone depletion and its role in the recent increase of Antarctic sea ice extent by Turner, John, Comiso, Josefino C., Marshall, Gareth J., Lachlan-Cope, Tom A., Bracegirdle, Tom, Maksym, Ted, Meredith, Michael P., Wang, Zhaomin, Orr, Andrew

“…Based on a new analysis of passive microwave satellite data, we demonstrate that the annual mean extent of Antarctic sea ice has increased at a statistically…”
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A 'shallow bathtub ring' of local sedimentary iron input maintains the Palmer Deep biological hotspot on the West Antarctic Peninsula shelf by Sherrell, Robert M., Annett, Amber L., Fitzsimmons, Jessica N., Roccanova, Vincent J., Meredith, Michael P.

“…Palmer Deep (PD) is one of several regional hotspots of biological productivity along the inner shelf of the West Antarctic Peninsula. The proximity of…”
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Ocean warming drives rapid dynamic activation of marine-terminating glacier on the west Antarctic Peninsula by Wallis, Benjamin J., Hogg, Anna E., Meredith, Michael P., Close, Romilly, Hardy, Dominic, McMillan, Malcolm, Wuite, Jan, Nagler, Thomas, Moffat, Carlos

“…Ice dynamic change is the primary cause of mass loss from the Antarctic Ice Sheet, thus it is important to understand the processes driving ice-ocean…”
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The impact of changes in sea ice advance on the large winter warming on the western Antarctic Peninsula by Turner, John, Maksym, Ted, Phillips, Tony, Marshall, Gareth J., Meredith, Michael P.

“…Over 1979–2007 near‐surface air temperatures on the maritime western side of the Antarctic Peninsula have increased throughout the year, with the greatest…”
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Sensitivity of the Overturning Circulation in the Southern Ocean to Decadal Changes in Wind Forcing by Meredith, Michael P., Garabato, Alberto C. Naveira, Hogg, Andrew McC, Farneti, Riccardo

“…The sensitivity of the overturning circulation in the Southern Ocean to the recent decadal strengthening of the overlying winds is being discussed intensely,…”
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West Antarctic Peninsula: An Ice-Dependent Coastal Marine Ecosystem in Transition by DUCKLOW, HUGH W., FRASER, WILLIAM R., MEREDITH, MICHAEL P., STAMMERJOHN, SHARON E., DONEY, SCOTT C., MARTINSON, DOUGLAS G., SAILLEY, SÉVRINE F., SCHOFIELD, OSCAR M., STEINBERG, DEBORAH K., VENABLES, HUGH J., AMSLER, CHARLES D.

“…The extent, duration, and seasonality of sea ice and glacial discharge strongly influence Antarctic marine ecosystems. Most organisms' life cycles in this…”
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Future Risk for Southern Ocean Ecosystem Services Under Climate Change by Cavanagh, Rachel D., Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Grant, Susie M., Barnes, David K. A., Hughes, Kevin A., Halfter, Svenja, Meredith, Michael P., Murphy, Eugene J., Trebilco, Rowan, Hill, Simeon L.

“…The Southern Ocean supports ecosystem services that are important on a global scale. Climate change and human activities (tourism, fishing, and research) will…”
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Inter-decadal variability of phytoplankton biomass along the coastal West Antarctic Peninsula by Kim, Hyewon, Ducklow, Hugh W, Abele, Doris, Ruiz Barlett, Eduardo M, Buma, Anita G J, Meredith, Michael P, Rozema, Patrick D, Schofield, Oscar M, Venables, Hugh J, Schloss, Irene R

“…The West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is a climatically sensitive region where periods of strong warming have caused significant changes in the marine ecosystem…”
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Stabilization of dense Antarctic water supply to the Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation by Abrahamsen, E. Povl, Meijers, Andrew J. S., Polzin, Kurt L., Naveira Garabato, Alberto C., King, Brian A., Firing, Yvonne L., Sallée, Jean-Baptiste, Sheen, Katy L., Gordon, Arnold L., Huber, Bruce A., Meredith, Michael P.

“…The lower limb of the Atlantic overturning circulation is resupplied by the sinking of dense Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) that forms via intense air–sea–ice…”
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Impact of sea-ice melt on dimethyl sulfide (sulfoniopropionate) inventories in surface waters of Marguerite Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula by Stefels, Jacqueline, van Leeuwe, Maria A., Jones, Elizabeth M., Meredith, Michael P., Venables, Hugh J., Webb, Alison L., Henley, Sian F.

“…The Southern Ocean is a hotspot of the climate-relevant organic sulfur compound dimethyl sulfide (DMS). Spatial and temporal variability in DMS concentration…”
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Ventilation of the abyss in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean by Akhoudas, Camille Hayatte, Sallée, Jean-Baptiste, Haumann, F. Alexander, Meredith, Michael P., Garabato, Alberto Naveira, Reverdin, Gilles, Jullion, Loïc, Aloisi, Giovanni, Benetti, Marion, Leng, Melanie J., Arrowsmith, Carol

“…The Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean is the world’s main production site of Antarctic Bottom Water, a water-mass that is ventilated at the ocean surface…”
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