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Ocean Gliders Battle Southern Ocean In Order To Capture The Seasonal Cycle
Main Author: Dr. Seb Swart

Their previous long term mission, the Southern Ocean Seasonal Cycle Experiment (SOSCEx, Swart et al., 2012) was conducted between September 2012 and March 2013, when five state-of-the-art autonomous Seagliders were deployed in the Southern Ocean from aboard South Africa’s newest polar ship, the SA Agulhas II. The gliders observed the SAZ region of the SE Continue Reading
SA Agulhas II Completes Successful Antarctic Mission
Main Author: Dr. Sandy Thomalla, Dr. Seb Swart, Dr. Thato Mtshali

This voyage combined the annual transportation of relief and logistics supplies, and the ferrying of the SANAE over-wintering team to South Africa’s Antarctic base, with the Southern Ocean Carbon Climate Observatory (SOCCO) research programme led by the CSIR. According to CSIR ocean systems and climate chief scientist and head of the SOCCO programme, Dr Pedro Continue Reading

The Southern Ocean CO2 Sink
Main Author: Dr. Sandy Thomalla

The reason we care about this increase in CO is because of concerns over climate change. CO is a greenhouse gas which means that it absorbs outgoing longwave radiation and thus warms the atmosphere. Of the approximately 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO) pumped into the atmosphere annually by human activities, less than half stays there, Continue Reading