Melting ice, more rain drive Southern Ocean cooling

Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2025

Global climate models predict that the ocean around Antarctica should be warming, but in reality, those waters have cooled over most of the past four decades. The discrepancy between model results and observed cooling, Stanford University scientists have now found, comes down mainly to missing meltwater and underestimated rainfall. "We found that the Southern Ocean cooling trend is a