Melting of Antarctic Ice Sheets Is Making Southern Ocean Less Salty

EcoWatch
Sep 3, 2016, 8:44 am125 pts
Melting Antarctic ice sheets are measurably reducing the salinity of the Southern Ocean. The research, published Thursday in Nature , notes that more freshwater entering the ocean "is more important for changes in global climate than has been appreciated so far." Ocean salinity patterns from Dec. 2011 to Dec.…

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