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

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the ... who found that the transport of ocean water from the surface to the deep may also slow in the future.

Scientists have used one of Australia's most powerful supercomputers to show that melting Antarctic ice sheets could slow the world's strongest ocean currents by flooding it with fresh water.

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, ...

“Ocean models have historically been unable to adequately resolve the small-scale processes that control current strength.

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current could slow by around 20 per cent, the research found (Representational) The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it ...

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.

The current also keeps out warm water. So, a slower ACC might allow that water to reach the Antarctic shelf—which would speed up ice melt and further slow the ACC, triggering a “potentially ...

A new study shows that the world's strongest ocean current could slow by around 20%, as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it. The melting ice sheets would change the ocean's salt content, making it ...

Five times stronger than the Gulf Stream and more than 100 times stronger than the Amazon River, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the most powerful ocean current on Earth. As it flows around ...

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.