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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.