The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?
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Going with the flow: Visualizing ocean currents with ECCO ocean model
The Kuroshio Current that runs on the west side of the ... Swirling vortexes of the Agulhas rings stand out in ECCO temperature and salinity maps as they move warm, salty water from the Indian ...
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So Long, Spring and Autumn: Japan Losing its Four Seasons to Climate Change
The first recorded occurrence of the Kuroshio Current reaching as far north as ... Banner image: A map from the website of the Japan Meteorological Agency showing sea surface temperatures around ...
The Conversation29d
Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound
Taimoor Sohail receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Bishakhdatta Gayen receives funding from Australian Research Council (ARC). He works at University of Melbourne as ARC Future ...
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The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
Unlike better known ocean currents – such as the Gulf Stream along the United States' east coast, the Kuroshio Current near Japan, and the Agulhas Current off the coast of South Africa – the ...
Australian Geographic29d
Melting Antarctic ice projected to slow world’s strongest ocean current
It also plays a big part in regulating Earth’s climate. Unlike better known ocean currents – such as the Gulf Stream along the United States East Coast, the Kuroshio Current near Japan, and the ...
USA Today26d
Distorted maps have misled you: Greenland isn't as big as you think.
But geographically, the island doesn't loom quite as large as you might think. Centuries of flawed maps have led to a misconception about Greenland's size, which is nowhere near as big as it looks ...