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

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?

potentially disrupting the vital Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with profound global consequences. Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the strongest ocean current ...

Decline of Antarctic Circumpolar Current due to polar ocean freshening. Environmental Research Letters , 2025; 20 (3): 034046 DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adb31c Cite This Page : ...

Modern technology has allowed researchers to delve into this subject further. New research suggests troubling phenomenon ...

A weakening of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current—one of Earth’s strongest climate engines—would have dire consequences, including “more climate variability, with greater extremes in ...

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 ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the most powerful ocean current in the world, is slowing down due to ice melt. This alarming discovery could disrupt global climate and marine ecosystems.

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current plays a major role in global climate patterns Melting ice sheets would "dump vast quantities of fresh water" into the current, the modelling found. Supplied The ...

Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, with a projected 20% reduction by 2050 under high carbon emissions.