BBC23d
The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
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 ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN3d
Ocean currents that can generate 2.5 times more power than wind farms identified
After sifting through ocean current data dating back three decades, researchers at the Florida Atlantic University (FAU) have ...
New Scientist29d
Vital ocean current is unlikely to completely shut down this century
A critical ocean current is unlikely to shut down before the end of this century even under the most extreme climate scenarios, according to new findings that undermine doomsday predictions of an ...
Smithsonian Magazine23d
Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current Could Slow 20 Percent by 2050 Because of Climate Change, Study Finds
“The ocean is extremely complex and finely balanced. If this current ‘engine’ breaks down, there could be severe consequences, including more climate variability, with greater extremes in ...
Phys.org24d
Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, research reveals
Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators ...