So it's a far more accurate way to assess how the current's strength and behaviour will change as the world warms. It picks up the intricate interactions between ice melting and ocean circulation.

Global warming is having an impact on Atlantic Ocean currents that could lead to significant shifts in weather patterns in ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — The world’s mightiest ocean current is losing steam, and humans are to blame. New research shows that the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a massive flow that helps regulate our ...

Recent studies show the melting ice sheets surrounding Antarctica are having repercussions on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world’s strongest ocean current. This change could ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) transports about ... protecting the Southern Ocean from the rest of the world. Co-author Dr Taimoor Sohail, a postdoctoral researcher at the University ...

Earth's largest iceberg has run aground off the coast of South Georgia Island, a common rendezvous spot for big bergs, new ...

Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict ... The ECCO project includes hundreds of millions of real-world measurements of temperature, salinity, sea ...

Also driven by temperature and wind, ocean currents help to regulate the planet ... open image in gallery The Greenland Ice Sheet is the world’s second largest body of ice.