Shaun Eaves

Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again

Earth’s climate system is connected across hemispheres. When the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakens and Europe cools, warming in New Zealand and southern mid-latitudes accelerates.
Antarctica’s ice is melting in different ways in different places: what’s the connection? AAP Image/British Antarctic Survey

Explainer: what is happening to Antarctica’s ice?

Two papers released last week in the journal Nature Geoscience provide evidence that warming and melt in West Antarctica are occurring at levels that are highly unusual compared to natural variability…

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