Seals dive deep to solve cold water mystery

TASMANIAN researchers have solved a 30-year mystery after elephant seals helped them identify a source of Antarctic "bottom water".The extremely cold, dense water is crucial to the earths climate because it drives the conveyor belt of ocean currents which move water between the equatorial...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Williams, GD
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Australian Online 2013
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Glaciology
Antarctic
Cape Darnley
Darnley
Prydz Bay
Antarc*
Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre
Elephant Seals
Sea ice
Online Access:http://ecite.utas.edu.au/88698

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