Melting Ice Sheets are Slowing World’s Strongest Ocean Current, Study Shows

Mar 4, 2025 - 13:00
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Melting Ice Sheets are Slowing World’s Strongest Ocean Current, Study Shows
Sohail et al. analyzed a high-resolution ocean and sea ice simulation of ocean currents, heat transport and other factors to diagnose the impact of changing temperature, saltiness and wind conditions. Image credit: Sohail et al., doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/adb31c.

More than four times stronger than the Gulf Stream, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is the world’s strongest ocean current and plays a disproportionate role in the climate system due to its role as a conduit for major ocean basins.

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