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Rapidly melting ice in the antarctic is slowing down deep ocean currents dramatically and could have devastating consequences on the global climate — that's according to scientists writing in the journal nature. they say ice melts are driving a "substantial slowdown" of water circulation. this could trap nutrients in the deep ocean, reducing their ability to support marine life near the ocean surface. earlier, i spoke to ted scambos, an ice expert and senior research scientist at the university of colorado. he shared his concerns about sea ice melting in antarctic. it has been an interesting...

Let's get more from ted scambos, an antarctic ice expert and senior research scientist at university of colorado. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. first of all, what are your thoughts on the finding of this research and how concerned are you? it has been an interesting and important trend in the last several decades, antarctica's ocean circulation has changed, the coldest waters are not as cold as they used to be and in fact the surface circulation or near surface circulation is also changing and as a result we are seeing less sea ice, at least in the last few years and it i...

Well. >> we know from many of those involved in the search they're the best in the business, they're used to these sorts of conditions. the satellite images that you are seeing going forward, what kind of conditions will they present and will the debris field shift as a result? >> the debris field is always shifting some. it's very interesting because the condition ocean current in the indian ocean basin moves in this counter clockwise direction and that would make you think that that debris would flow toward australia, not away from it. this new debris was found to the southwest of it. so opp...