What’s the Largest Current on Earth? It Moves More Water Than Every River Combined—Many Times Over
Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Earth’s mightiest current has no banks. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, or ACC,…
Western Australia’s humpback sightings fell 60%; days later, weakened Southern Ocean seabirds appeared thousands of kilometres away on the country’s east coast
humpback whale (representative image) Something unusual may be unfolding in the Southern Ocean. In late June, whale watchers…
Scientists tracked more than 6,000 penguin dives beneath Antarctic sea ice and found that prey may become harder to reach, even when it has not disappeared
Prey accessibility, not abundance, may shape predator behavior in penguins For nesting penguins in Antarctica, finding food is…
Less than 30% of Earth’s ocean floor has been mapped while scientists still have clearer high-resolution data of Mars than most of the seabed covering our own planet
Scientists say we have only explored a fraction of Earth’s Seas and Oceans Less than 30% of the…
Scientists Solve Origin of a Massive Ocean Current Carrying a Hundred Times More Water Than All the World’s Rivers Combined
Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Earth’s mightiest river has no banks. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the…
Scientists discover ancient phenomenon that could have contributed to the end of ice ages: ‘[It has] direct consequences’
New research has showed that meltwater from the Antarctic ice sheet has intensified stratification in the Southern Ocean,…
Deep Sea Creature Shocks Scientists by Appearing in Antarctic Waters for the First Time
NEED TO KNOW A sleeper shark has been spotted in the frigid waters surrounding Antarctica for the first…
Scientists stunned by discovery in world’s coldest ocean waters: ‘Signals from the past’
Tens of thousands of years ago, a new study suggests, a warming event led to the release of…
Melting polar ice supercharges ocean ‘stirring’, threatening marine climate
Polar sea ice is vanishing far faster than most people expected, and the change is not only visible…
Suspected H5 virus detected after elephant seal die-off on Heard Island
A suspected outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 has been reported on sub-Antarctic Heard Island, located…
Earth’s largest ocean current may be shifting north again
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) encircles Antarctica between roughly 45°S and 70°S, flowing endlessly from west to east.…