The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...

The world’s oceans are changing in ways we can't ignore. New research suggests that Antarctic ice melt is slowing the ...

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

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

The slowdown of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current could have 'dire' consequences, including greater climate variability and ...

Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict ... at depths of about 2,000 feet (600 meters) in a cold river of water that is roughly the opposite of the ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation likely won't completely collapse with global warming, but any weakening could ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

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. In ...

Unlike better known ocean currents – such as the Gulf Stream along ... In this future projection, cold, fresh melt water from Antarctica migrates north, filling the deep ocean as it goes.

Climate models predict that even under extreme warming, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will weaken but not collapse entirely – although this could still have serious impacts ...