Tag: Southern Ocean
Where are the highest waves in the world found?
On vacation by the ocean, children – and adults – love to play with the waves. They attract and they repel. Sometimes they make you lose your mind. However, they…
Antarctica: whirlpools in the ocean are preventing the sea ice from melting…for now!
The Earth is heating up. And yet on the Antarctic side, the sea ice cover seems to want to remain stable. A paradox that researchers are struggling to explain. But…
Perseverance, the Polar Pod supply ship, unveiled by Jean-Louis Étienne
There was Perseverance, the NASA rover sent to Mars last February. From now on, there will also be Perseverance, the supply ship attached to the Polar Pod mission. It was…
Perseverance, the Polar Pod supply sailboat
There was Perseverance, the NASA rover sent to Mars last February. From now on, there will also be Perseverance, the supply ship attached to the Polar Pod mission. It was…
Relive the total solar eclipse that took place on the other side of the world on Saturday
It is with the approach of the solstice, at the heart of a polar day during which the Sun never sets, that Antarctica has just experienced a total eclipse. A…
A surprisingly powerful carbon sink in the Southern Ocean
Too many human activities are the source of carbon dioxide emissions. Fortunately, this CO2 is partially absorbed not only by plants, but also by the oceans. Slowing down anthropogenic global…
Global warming is accelerating the world’s strongest ocean current
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the most powerful ocean currents in the world. And thanks to new data, researchers now establish that it tends to accelerate … under the…