The traditional view of the open ocean is that surface waters should change faster and that the deep waters should be relatively stable. Now research shows that the depths of the Southern Ocean are also rapidly freshening and warming, and that these changes are spreading towards the Equator.
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Bindoff, N., Hobbs, W. Deep ocean freshening. Nature Clim Change 3, 864–865 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2014
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