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RP4 Climate variability and teleconnections report: December 18

November 30, 2018 12:57 pm Published by Comments Off on RP4 Climate variability and teleconnections report: December 18

It has been a very active time for the Climate Variability and Teleconnections Research Program in terms of research and engagement activities right across the team, including two expeditions - one drilling coral cores in the tropics and another going south to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.

Research brief: Ice particle numbers plummet in Southern Ocean’s clouds

October 19, 2018 1:20 pm Published by Comments Off on Research brief: Ice particle numbers plummet in Southern Ocean’s clouds

In 2016, Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes researchers and colleagues measured Southern Ocean INPs for the first time in over four decades. The numbers of these particles were extremely low compared to other oceans and 100 times lower than the previous Southern Ocean measurement program conducted in the 1970s.