Sometimes you have to go to the ends of the earth in the pursuit of scientific progress. The oceans cover 70% of our planet and yet there is still much we don’t know about the flow of water around and through them. To predict future climate we need to find out how global ocean flows [...]
While negotiators were working on agreements to limit greenhouse gas emissions in Cancun, my research group from the British Antarctic Survey were battling the rough seas of the Southern Ocean to further our knowledge of the key physical processes that will determine our future climate. Of the carbon dioxide emissions human activities generate each year, [...]