The Southern Ocean and global climate
Useful Sites
Antarctic circumpolar current (Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service, Australia)
Describes the Antarctic circumpolar current and its effect on climate change.
BLUElink> Ocean forecasting Australia
What’s to see in the ocean?
Provides an introduction to the importance of oceans.
Observing the oceans around Australia
Describes ocean monitoring around Australia and its applications.
Sea level rise (CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Australia)
A website with information on sea level rise, its causes and estimates of global and regional sea levels.
Australian Antarctic Division
The global jigsaw
Discusses the role of Antarctica in global processes.
Ice shelves
Provides information on Ice cores and how they are used to measure climate change and volcanic eruptions that alter the atmosphere.
The Southern Ocean's global reach
Describes the Southern ocean storage and transport of heat, moisture and carbon dioxide and its influence on the Earth's climate system.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (transcripts)
Southern Ocean sentinel (Catalyst, 29 April 2010)
Describes changes in the Southern Ocean as indicators of climate change.
Indian Ocean – influence on Australia's climate (The Science Show, 30 September 2006)
Discusses how the Indian Ocean influences the climate over the whole of Australia.
Deep ocean currents (The Science Show, 20 May 2000)
Describes how the ocean acts as a conveyer belt and explains how deep water currents are formed.
Catching up with us: Global warming and the oceans (Quantum, 26 March 1998)
Features the role of oceans, particularly the Southern Ocean, in climate change.
Stories in the ice – nature's time machine (Public Broadcasting Service, USA)
Documents events in the Earth's history using an ice core timeline.
Antarctica – in from the cold? (On Line Opinion, 15 January 2002, Australia)
Dr Michael Stoddart, from the Australian Antarctic Division, explains how Antarctica influences climate and ocean circulation.
Antarctic Region (University of Texas, USA)
A clear map of the Antarctic region. Shows the location of the major ice shelves and the average minimum extent of sea-ice.
A disintegrating glacier (Science@NASA, USA)
An Australian researcher has discovered that a large glacier tongue on the Antarctic coast has disintegrated.
Page updated May 2010.