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Voice of the Sea Ice: Antarctica's heartbeat

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This week, it's the second episode of Voice of the Sea Ice, the Our Changing World miniseries about Antarctic sea ice. This vast expanse of ice that grows each winter – effectively doubling the size of Antarctica – then melts each summer is like the heartbeat of our oceans. And it has a big impact on the planet's climate, via its whiteness, insulating properties (or blanketness) and saltiness. Dr Inga Smith, a sea ice physics expert from the University of Otago, takes Claire Concannon onto the ice at the front of Scott Base to explain.
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This week, it's the second episode of Voice of the Sea Ice, the Our Changing World miniseries about Antarctic sea ice. This vast expanse of ice that grows each winter – effectively doubling the size of Antarctica – then melts each summer is like the heartbeat of our oceans. And it has a big impact on the planet's climate, via its whiteness, insulating properties (or blanketness) and saltiness. Dr Inga Smith, a sea ice physics expert from the University of Otago, takes Claire Concannon onto the ice at the front of Scott Base to explain.
  continue reading

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