Can we stop it weakening by 2050? Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current on the planet. It's five times stronger than the Gulf Stream ...

A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents has been compared to the art of Van Gogh. NASA’s 'Perpetual Ocean 2' video uses the space agency's ocean model, Estimating the Circulation and ...

The Southern Ocean, which circles the globe without being blocked by land, is home to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the longest of the world's ocean currents. Also known as the "channel ...

A crucial ocean-current system seems unlikely to collapse even in the face of severe climate change ― despite predictions that it would disintegrate if Earth continues to warm. That’s the ...

The world's strongest ocean current is slowing down and scientists are blaming it on the unchecked melting Antarctic ice sheet. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), which flows across ...

The nightmare scenario of Atlantic Ocean currents collapsing, with weather running amok and putting Europe in a deep freeze, looks unlikely this century, a new study concludes. In recent years ...