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  • Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for 21st Century Weather, Monash University
The Australian ice-breaker RSV Nuyina, cruising around Antarctica. Pete Harmsen/Australian Antarctic Division

Antarctica has its own ‘shield’ against warm water – but this could now be under threat

Ellie Ong, Monash University; Edward Doddridge, University of Tasmania; Matthew England, UNSW , and Navid Constantinou, The University of Melbourne

The Antarctic Slope Current shields Antarctica from warm waters. But new research shows meltwater is speeding up the current, which could make it more unstable.

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