Freezing

• Cryogenic Processors, a trailblazer in the cryogenic freezing industry, is preparing to open a new, cutting-edge 115,000-square-foot cryogenic freezing and freeze drying facility in Paducah, Kentucky, in the fourth quarter of this year.
• View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240409729490/en/
  By providing a one-stop solution for cryogenic freezing, freeze drying and packaging, Cryogenic Processors is well-positioned to serve the needs of companies exploring flash freezing food, functional bacteria, flavorings, protein isolates, cosmetics and more.
• The upcoming facility is not just an expansion of production capacity; it represents Cryogenic Processors' commitment to innovation, quality and customer service.
• By providing a one-stop solution for cryogenic freezing, freeze drying and packaging, Cryogenic Processors is well-positioned to serve the needs of companies exploring flash freezing food, functional bacteria, flavorings, protein isolates, cosmetics and more.

• As the weight of ice builds up, the ice sheet begins to move towards the oceans.
• When the ocean water has a temperature close to 0°C, these ice shelves can persist for a long time.
• Ice shelves in West Antarctica are particularly prone to melting from the ocean, as many are close to water masses above 0°C.
• Our new research explores how heat brought by El Niño can warm the ocean around West Antarctica and increase melting of the ice shelves from below.

How can El Niño-Southern Oscillation affect Antarctica?

• Giant convective thunderstorms in the Pacific’s equatorial regions move east during El Niño and intensify in the West during La Niña.
• Within two months, these atmospheric waves reach the Antarctic continent, where their energy can affect the coastal atmosphere and ocean circulation.
• During El Niño, the energy from these waves weakens the easterly winds off West Antarctica (and vice versa for La Niña).
• Using satellite data, researchers recently found that West Antarctic ice shelves actually gain height but lose mass during El Niño.

Finding a needle in the ice stack

• We take a high-resolution global ocean circulation model and added El Niño and La Niña events to the baseline simulation.
• Normally, most of the warm water reservoir is located off the continental shelf rather than on the continental shelf.

• But that’s enough to begin melting ice shelves, which are at or below freezing point.
• Winds along the coast strengthen, pushing more cold surface water onto the continental shelf and preventing warm water from flowing under the ice shelves.

What does this mean for the near future?

• If this trend continues, as climate projections suggest, we can expect warming around West Antarctica to get even stronger during El Niño events, accelerating ice shelf melting and speeding up sea level rise.
• The only way to stop the worst from happening is to get to net zero carbon emissions as quickly as humanly possible.
• Read more:
  We can still prevent the collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet – if we act fast to keep future warming in check

Maurice Huguenin receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Matthew England receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Paul Spence does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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• A three-judge panel of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals in Houston has unanimously ruled that Winter Storm Uri-related lawsuits against Texas electric transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) can move forward to trial.
• “It was a conscious decision to cut off power to certain neighborhoods and several people lost their lives as a result.
• In 2023, the Texas Supreme Court found that ERCOT, the nonprofit corporation operating the state’s electrical grid, qualified for sovereign immunity from litigation.
• Winter Storm Uri brought near-zero-degree temperatures and freezing rain to Texas in February 2021.