Wind holds key to climate change turnaround
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 - 21:01
in Earth & Climate
New research could help bring about the kind of far-reaching changes deemed necessary in the UN's dire new climate change report. Scientists found that when westerly winds in the Antarctic Ocean strengthen during the austral summer (Oct.-Feb.), surface waters in the region acidify faster than can be accounted for by increases in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere alone.