#Antarctic Ocean | Development
#Antarctic Ocean | Southern ocean | Encircles Antarctica | Waters south of 60° S latitude | Covers ca. 21.96 million square kilometers | The fourth largest ocean basin | Antarctic Circumpolar Current (AAC) flows through it | ACC significantly influences global ocean circulation by connecting Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans | Average depth of approximately 3,270 meters (10,728 feet) | Maximum depth of 7,434 meters (24,390 feet) at Factorian Deep
#Thwaites Glacier
#Accelerating ice loss
#Marine sedimentary record analysis
#Marine geophysical surveys
#Glaciomarine sediment deposits
#Ice-shelf thinning
#Circumpolar Deep Water
#Pine Island Glacier
#Numerical simulations
#West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) melting
#Amundsen Sea Embayment
#Airborne radar and satellite-derived observations
#Marine sediment cores
#Relative sea-level reconstruction
#Bathymetric map
#Ocean currents
#Sedimentary facies
#Grounding zone of Thwaites Glacier retreated
#Radiocarbon ages on calcareous microfossils
#Magnetic susceptibility data
#Remote sensing dataset
#Unpinning of the Thwaites Glacier Tongue (TGT)
#Climate-modeling
#Data-constrained reconstructions
#Computed tomography (CT) scans
#MATLAB package SedCT
#CILAS 1190 laser particle size analyzer
#Microscope
#ExpertShape software
#Automated powder diffractometer system Rigaku MiniFlex
#Digital Twin of Antarctic Ocean
#1550nm LiDAR | Advantages: safety, range, and performance in various environmental conditions | Enhanced Eye Safety: absorbed more efficiently by cornea and lens of eye, preventing light from reaching sensitive retina | Longer Detection Range | Improved Performance in Adverse Weather Conditions such as as fog, rain, or dust | Reduced Interference from Sunlight and Other Light Sources | More expensive due to complexity and lower production volumes of their components
#Cryosphere