The Circumpolar Current works as a regulator of the planet's climate. Its origins were thought to have caused the formation of the permanent ice in Antarctica about 34 million years ago. Now, a study ...

Our planet's strongest ocean current, which circulates around Antarctica, plays a major role in determining the transport of heat, salt and nutrients in the ocean. An international research team led ...

A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate.

It transports far more than 100 times as much water as all of the Earth's rivers combined: The Antarctic Circumpolar Current ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the world’s largest ocean current, carrying a hundred times more water than all the ...

Thirty-four million years ago, Antarctica was not yet the frozen continent we know. Forests still clung to its margins, and ...

Researchers have taken a close look at the global ocean's great "conveyor belt," and they don't like what they've found. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, a clockwise current that helps to regulate ...

New research challenges the origins of Earth's most dominant ocean current system. This disrupted the prevailing theory concerning the emergence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. A new study ...

Model simulation of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which began to form around 34 million years ago. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...