Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems.
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the strongest ocean current on Earth, is rapidly weakening due to the accelerating ...
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is involved in everything from storing carbon to guarding Antarctica from invasive marine ...
Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or ...
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the most powerful ocean current on Earth, is slowing down due to the rapid melting ...
A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.
Scientists have warned that Earth's strongest ocean current is slowing down due to climate change, with potentially disastrous consequences. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) transports ...
The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...
An extraordinary jump in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024 was at the extreme end of expectations from global warming and ...
Freshwater from melting ice sheets can slow the critical ocean circulation that helps regulate the planet’s climate ...
But now, this large system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean is weakening and slowing down. And that could spell disaster.
Explore the impact of Antarctic ice melt on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and global climate change predictions.