Ocean winds keep Antarctica cold, Australia dry

Monday, May 12, 2014 - 08:31 in Earth & Climate

New research has explained why Antarctica is not warming as much as other continents, and why southern Australia is recording more droughts. Researchers have found rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere are strengthening the stormy Southern Ocean winds which deliver rain to southern Australia, but pushing them further south towards Antarctica.

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