New simulations show that the world's strongest ocean current didn't start flowing overnight – several major factors needed ...

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.

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

Earth’s mightiest river has no banks. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the world’s largest ocean current, carrying a ...

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

Scientists reveal that Antarctica’s ocean current formed slowly and needed winds, ice, and shifting continents to shape 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 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 ...

Discover how Earth's formation and natural forces create ocean currents that shape our planet's climate and ecosystems.

Conversion of Antarctic circumpolar upwelling waters to less dense water has mainly been attributed to surface heat fluxes. An analysis of water-mass transformation shows that the dominant process is ...