Otago Daily Times: Earth’s critical stabiliser on wane Published on Otago Daily Times Online (http://www.odt.co.nz) Earth’s critical stabiliser on wane Created 15/10/2009 – 04:58 Click photo to enlarge [1] Alex Gough, of the University of Otago department of physics, takes notes as an oceanographic mooring is raised from beneath the sea ice in the Antarctic. Photo by Andy Mahoney. Andy Mahoney, a member of the sea-ice group at the University of Otago, submits the group’s summary of the role of sea ice …