Video: Currents may hold the key to Antarctica’s shrinking ice - 360
Michael Joiner
Published on January 24, 2024
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.
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is a key piece of the Antarctic puzzle.
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