The Drake Passage off the West Antarctic Peninsula is a notoriously dangerous channel that connects the Atlantic, Pacific 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 ...

NASA data shows global sea levels are rising faster than expected. Most of the rise in 2024 came from ocean warming, not ...

The Southern Ocean is different as there is no land mass ... the surface after filling the deep ocean waters around the whole globe. Coriolis effects act equally whichever direction the current ...

Part of the system that pumps water, heat and nutrients around the globe is at risk. Climate change could slow the Antarctic ...