Video: Currents may hold the key to Antarctica’s shrinking ice
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current usually shields Antarctica from warmer waters. That might be changing, explains Associate Professor Helen Phillips.
Ocean currents keep Antarctica cold, but climate change may be letting heat through. : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current usually shields Antarctica from warmer waters. That might be changing, explains Associate Professor Helen Phillips.
Antarctica is kept cold by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, an ocean current that runs around its perimeter throughout the Southern Ocean.
But as Associate Professor Helen Phillips from the University of Tasmania explains, Antarctica has been warming up — and it could be because more warm water is getting through the current.
Originally published under Creative Commons by 360info™.
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