Increased meltwater and rain help explain why Southern Ocean cooling has defied predictions

Stanford Scientists Solve the Mystery of Antarctica’s Cooling Waters

Stanford researchers discovered that increased meltwater and rainfall account for 60% of the decades-long gap between predicted and actual ocean temperatures around Antarctica. Global climate models have long predicted that the ocean surrounding Antarctica should be warming. However, observations show that these waters have actually cooled over much of the past 40 years. According to [...]

Melting ice, more rain drive Southern Ocean cooling

Researchers found increased meltwater and rain explain 60% of a decades-long mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica.

Increased meltwater and rain help explain why Southern Ocean cooling has defied predictions

Global climate models predict that the ocean around Antarctica should be warming, but in reality, those waters have cooled over most of the past four decades.

The rise in melting and rains account for 60% of a decades-long downward mismatch between predicted and observed temperatures in the ocean around Antarctica. ...

Increased meltwater and rain help explain why Southern Ocean cooling has defied predictions - Tech and Science Post

Global climate models predict that the ocean around Antarctica should be warming, but in reality, those waters have cooled over most of the past four decades. The discrepancy between model results and observed cooling, Stanford University scientists have now found, comes down mainly to missing meltwater and underestimated rainfall. “We found that the Southern Ocean cooling trend is actually a response to global warming, which accelerates ice she…