Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, research reveals

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Melting Antarctic ice sheets will slow Earth's strongest ocean current

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, including sea level rise, ocean warming and viability of marine ecosystems. The researchers have shown the current slowing by around 20 per cent by 2050 in a high carbon emissions scenario.

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Global Warming Will Weaken Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current - Inside Climate News

The slowdown of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current could have 'dire' consequences, including greater climate variability and accelerated global warming.By Bob BerwynFresh water from melting Antarctic ice is projected to weaken the world’s most powerful ocean current by 20 percent in the next quarter century, an international team of scientists concluded in a study published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current rotates more than 100 million cubic meters of water per second. It is indispensable for the survival of the Earth as we know it, but it is changing – and this is not what we thought it would be.

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The planet's strongest ocean current could slow down with the melting of Antarctic ice, according to research published on Monday, which warns of severe climatic consequences.

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Our next ice age is due in 10,000 years, but there's a catch

Scientists have predicted future glacial periods by matching Earth's past ice ages to its orbit around the sun. But their new model doesn’t account for how human-made carbon emissions could change these processes.

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Melting Ice Could Slow World's Strongest Ocean Current: Study

The world's strongest ocean current could slow as melting Antarctic ice sheets flood it with fresh water, according to research published on Monday that warned of "severe" climate consequences.