https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/23/changes-to-giant-ocean-eddies-could-have-devastating-effects-globally?fbclid=IwAR29Hl4mlJl981N9VEeJYgqXr7I7Swpm2IG2uGYvIugl1mv_4cM1mslKJoM

Oceans

Researchers fear increasing energy in these eddies could affect ability of Southern Ocean to absorb C02

Graham Readfearn@readfearnThu 22 Apr 2021 11.00 EDT

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Swirling and meandering ocean currents that help shape the world’s climate have gone through a “global-scale reorganisation” over the past three decades, according to new research.

The amount of energy in these ocean currents, which can be from 10km to 100km across and are known as eddies, has increased, having as yet unknown affects on the ocean’s ability to lock-away carbon dioxide and heat from fossil fuel burning.

One expert said the changes described in the research could affect the ability of the Southern Ocean, one of the…