Europe is warmed by heat from ocean currents, which move water from the warm tropics to the colder North Atlantic. Once the ...

Global warming is having an impact on Atlantic Ocean currents that could lead to significant shifts in weather patterns in ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the strongest ocean current on Earth, is rapidly weakening due to the accelerating ...

Explore the impact of Antarctic ice melt on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and global climate change predictions.

Ocean currents respond to changes in temperature ... Watch a particularly agile specimen in action. Researchers in Australia put cameras on sea lions' backs to help them map the elusive ocean ...

As Antarctic ice melts, vast amounts of freshwater flow into the Southern Ocean, altering its salinity and density.

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

Using Australia's most powerful supercomputer ... particularly drifting rafts of southern bull kelp which ride on ocean currents. Dr Sohail says: 'A slowdown in the ACC would allow the creatures ...

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, ...

Melting Antarctic ice sheets are weakening the ACC, a vital ocean current that regulates global climate and ocean circulation. Scientists project a 20% slowdown by 2050, which could intensify climate ...