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Jordan Peter Anthony Pitt, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Adelaide

Scientists are divining the future of Earth’s ice-covered oceans at their harsh fringes

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One of the harshest and most dynamic regions on Earth is the marginal ice zone – the place where ocean waves meet sea ice, which is formed by freezing of the ocean’s surface.

Published today, a themed issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A reviews the rapid progress researchers have made over the past decade in understanding and modelling this challenging environment.

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