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,…
Sea Shepherd chased Japan’s whaling fleet across Antarctica for years, but the activists ultimately lost the battle | World News
For decades, the icy waters of Antarctica became the stage for one of the world’s most high-profile environmental…
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…
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…
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.…
Researchers raise alarm after observing concerning change in humpback whale behavior: 'We may see a decline' – yahoo.com
Researchers raise alarm after observing concerning change in humpback whale behavior: ‘We may see a decline’ yahoo.comPhoto of the…