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Black is British Faraday & Ukraine Vernadsky Station Red is US Palmer Station
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Heat input from Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC - worlds largest ocean current = ~30,000 Niagara Falls). The heat is driven onto the shelf by intensification of upwelling-favorable winds.
The WAP is the only location in the Antarctic where the ACC is adjacent to the shelf break. The ACC is Antarcticas warmest water
Corethron criophilum
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Antarctic Peninsula
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Conclusions: The oceans are changing in our lifetimes. A changing ocean will impact human society Rutgers, and you!! (SEBS), are at the frontlines of understanding where our ocean world is going Thank you SEBS staff, as we all have a long journey and much work to do