Reversal of freshening trend of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Australian-Antarctic Basin during 2010s

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Aoki, S., Yamazaki, K., Hirano, D., Katsumata, K., Shimada, K., Kitade, Y., Sasaki, H., Murase, H.
• Other Authors: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the MEXT
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Antarctic; Australian Antarctic Basin; Australian-Antarctic Basin; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71290-6; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71290-6.pdf; https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71290-6

Abstract The Antarctic continental margin supplies the densest bottom water to the global abyss. From the late twentieth century, an acceleration in the long-term freshening of Antarctic Bottom Waters (AABW) has been detected in the Australian-Antarctic Basin. Our latest hydrographic observations re...