The odds are pretty low (infinitesimal really), but we'll never know. And maybe it's better that way; after 17 months at sea, I think that surf board has earned the right to keep its secrets.

The board might have been in the Tasman Sea this whole time, but maybe its adventure took it much farther afield. Wouldn't it be incredible if it went south and did a full circuit around world before washing up in New Zealand?!

Predictably Woodside weren’t impressed:
"It is not possible to link GHG emissions from Scarborough with climate change or any particular climate-related impacts,"
Sure sure 🙄

Oooh wow. That is excellent.

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More info in @theconversation.com here: theconversation.com/antarctic-su...

The environment and ecosystems around Antarctica are a complex tapestry of interconnected systems. We've tried our best to think about all the ways that losing summer sea ice will impact our climate, ecosystems, and society. The answers we found were confronting.

Even humans use the sea ice as a platform. This photo shows the Australian icebreaker, the RSV Nuyina, parked in the ice for a resupply mission. Less summertime sea ice will make it increasingly difficult to resupply Antarctic bases like this. 📸 Jared McGhie (AAD)

Lots of the wildlife around Antarctica depends on sea ice. These Adelie penguins are sheltering on a piece of sea ice while they moult and replace all their feathers. Low sea ice will make it harder to find shelter and expose them to predators.

More icebergs means the ice shelves are losing mass faster, but even more importantly, our climate models don't include this affect, so we're probably underestimating how fast the sea level will rise in the future 🌊

Sea ice also protects the Antarctic margins from wave damage. We found twice as many icebergs break off in summers with low sea ice. 📸: Pete Harmsen (AAD)