Microdistribution of faunal assemblages at deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Southern Ocean by Marsh, L, Copley, J, Huvenne, V, Linse, K, Reid, W, Rogers, A, Sweeting, C, Tyler, P

“…Recently discovered vent fields on the East Scotia Ridge (ESR) in the Southern Ocean represent a new province of vent biogeography, but the spatial dynamics of their distinct fauna have yet to be elucidated. …”

Does the sensitivity of Southern Ocean circulation depend upon bathymetric details? by Hogg, A, Munday, D

“…The degree of interaction between Southern Ocean eddies and Antarctic shelf processes may thereby control the sensitivity of the Southern Ocean to change.…”

Coupling the oceanic biogeochemical cycles of silicon and zinc through the Southern Ocean by Vance, D, Little, S, de Souza, G, Khatiwala, S, Lohan, M, Middag, R

“…Our simulations indicate that the oceanic zinc distribution is, in fact, a natural result of the interaction between ocean biogeochemistry and the physical circulation through the Southern Ocean hub. Our analysis demonstrates the importance of uptake stoichiometry in controlling ocean biogeochemistry, and the utility of global-scale elemental co-variation in the ocean in understanding these controls. …”

(Zn/Si)(opal) as a paleoproxy: Insight into Southern Ocean processes by Hendry, K, Rickaby, R

The Injection of Zonal Momentum by Buoyancy Forcing in a Southern Ocean Model by Howard, E, Hogg, A, Waterman, S, Marshall, D

“…The channel is designed to represent the Southern Ocean such that the forced overturning resembles the lower limb of the meridional overturning circulation (MOC). …”

Updated geostrophic circulation and volume transport from satellite data in the Southern Ocean by Juan A. Vargas-Alemañy, M. Isabel Vigo, David García-García, Ferdous Zid

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The role of water mass advection in staging of the Southern Ocean Salpa thompsoni populations by Natasha Henschke, Boris Espinasse, Charles A. Stock, Xiao Liu, Nicolas Barrier, Evgeny A. Pakhomov

“…Abstract Salpa thompsoni is an important grazer in the Southern Ocean. Their abundance in the western Antarctic Peninsula is highly variable, varying by up to 5000-fold inter-annually. …”
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Southern Ocean overturning across streamlines in an eddying simulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by A. M. Treguier, M. H. England, S. R. Rintoul, G. Madec, J. Le Sommer, J.-M. Molines

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Spatial distribution, host specificity and genetic diversity of Onchobothrium antarcticum in the Southern Ocean by Ilya I. Gordeev, Tatyana A. Polyakova, Alexander A. Volkov

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Southern Ocean pinnipeds provide bathymetric insights on the East Antarctic continental shelf by Clive R. McMahon, Mark A. Hindell, Jean Benoit Charrassin, Richard Coleman, Christophe. Guinet, Robert Harcourt, Sara Labrousse, Benjemin Raymond, Michael Sumner, Natalia Ribeiro

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Interhemispheric gradient of atmospheric radiocarbon reveals natural variability of Southern Ocean winds by K. B. Rodgers, S. E. Mikaloff-Fletcher, D. Bianchi, C. Beaulieu, E. D. Galbraith, A. Gnanadesikan, A. G. Hogg, D. Iudicone, B. R. Lintner, T. Naegler, P. J. Reimer, J. L. Sarmiento, R. D. Slater

“…In this study, model simulations are used to show that Southern Ocean winds are likely a main driver of the observed variability in the interhemispheric gradient over AD 950–1830, and further, that this variability may be larger than the Southern Ocean wind trends that have been reported for recent decades (notably 1980–2004). …”
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Assessing Viral Abundance and Community Composition in Four Contrasting Regions of the Southern Ocean by Ana Sotomayor-Garcia, Maria Montserrat Sala, Isabel Ferrera, Marta Estrada, Evaristo Vázquez-Domínguez, Mikhail Emelianov, Pau Cortés, Cèlia Marrasé, Eva Ortega-Retuerta, Sdena Nunes, Yaiza M. Castillo, Maria Serrano Cuerva, Marta Sebastián, Manuel Dall’Osto, Rafel Simó, Dolors Vaqué

“…We explored how changes of viral abundance and community composition among four contrasting regions in the Southern Ocean relied on physicochemical and microbiological traits. …”
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The underappreciated role of anthropogenic sources in atmospheric soluble iron flux to the Southern Ocean by Mingxu Liu, Hitoshi Matsui, Douglas S. Hamilton, Kara D. Lamb, Sagar D. Rathod, Joshua P. Schwarz, Natalie M. Mahowald

“…Abstract The atmospheric deposition of soluble (bioaccessible) iron enhances ocean primary productivity and subsequent atmospheric CO2 sequestration in iron-limited ocean basins, especially the Southern Ocean. While anthropogenic sources have been recently suggested to be important in some northern hemisphere oceans, the role in the Southern Ocean remains ambiguous. …”
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Research in the Atlantic Sector of the Southern Ocean and Propagation of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Atlantic by Eugene Morozov

“…This article belongs to the Special Issue “Physical and Biological Properties of Waters in the Region of the Antarctic Peninsula and Adjacent Basins of the South Atlantic,”: a Special Issue that is dedicated to recent research in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean and Antarctica Peninsula region [...]…”
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A deep-learning estimate of the decadal trends in the Southern Ocean carbon storage by Varvara E. Zemskova, Tai-Long He, Zirui Wan, Nicolas Grisouard

“…Dissolved carbon concentrations in the ocean interior are computed by a deep-learning model using ocean surface data. In the Southern Ocean, they decreased in the 1990s-2000s and increased since 2010, reducing anthropogenic carbon uptake potential.…”
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Submesoscale inverse energy cascade enhances Southern Ocean eddy heat transport by Zhiwei Zhang, Yuelin Liu, Bo Qiu, Yiyong Luo, Wenju Cai, Qingguo Yuan, Yinxing Liu, Hong Zhang, Hailong Liu, Mingfang Miao, Jinchao Zhang, Wei Zhao, Jiwei Tian

“…Abstract Oceanic eddy-induced meridional heat transport (EHT) is an important process in the Southern Ocean heat budget, the variability of which significantly modulates global meridional overturning circulation (MOC) and Antarctic sea-ice extent. …”
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Biogeography of the Southern Ocean: environmental factors driving mesoplankton distribution South of Africa by Alexander Vereshchaka, Eteri Musaeva, Anastasiia Lunina

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Modeling the effect of Ross Ice Shelf melting on the Southern Ocean in quasi-equilibrium by X. Liu, X. Liu

“…<p>To study the influence of basal melting of the Ross Ice Shelf (BMRIS) on the Southern Ocean (ocean southward of 35°&thinsp;S) in quasi-equilibrium, numerical experiments with and without the BMRIS effect were performed using a global ocean–sea ice–ice shelf coupled model. …”
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A comparison between Envisat and ICESat sea ice thickness in the Southern Ocean by J. Wang, C. Min, R. Ricker, Q. Shi, B. Han, S. Hendricks, R. Wu, Q. Yang

“…While field observations are too sparse in the Southern Ocean to determine long-term trends of the Antarctic sea ice thickness (SIT) on a hemispheric scale, satellite radar altimetry data can be applied with a promising prospect. …”
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The carbon cycle during the Mid Pleistocene Transition: the Southern Ocean Decoupling Hypothesis by P. Köhler, R. Bintanja

“…According to our analysis a model-based reconstruction of G/IG amplitudes in deep Pacific &amp;delta;&lt;sup&gt;13&lt;/sup&gt;C before the MPT is possible if we assume a different response to the applied forcings in the Southern Ocean prior and after the MPT. This behaviour is what we call the &quot;Southern Ocean Decoupling Hypothesis&quot;. …”
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