Antarctic Circumpolar Current
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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current plays an important part in global overturning circulation, the exchange of heat and CO2 between the ocean and atmosphere, and the stability of Antarctica’s ice sheets.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024
The scientific community has debated for years about the origins and characteristics of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2024
The colossus is presently entrained in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, the great sweep of water that circles the continent in a clockwise direction.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2024
Dr. Schall, on the other hand, suspects the clockwise flow of water around Antarctica — known as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current — is at least partly responsible.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2022
This allowed for the unrestricted west-to-east flow of water around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which effectively isolated the southern ocean from the warmer waters of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
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