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Southern Ocean is more sensitive to global heating than the north

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The UN says our oceans are the ‘lungs of the Earth’, providing 80 per cent of the world’s oxygen. But, new Australian-led research reveals climate change is choking oxygen supply - and slowing down deep sea currents around Antarctica. They say it will have a cascade of impacts for weather, sea levels and ecosystems around the world.
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