Study challenges the classical view of the origin of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and warns of its vulnerability
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
The Circumpolar Current works as a regulator of the planet's climate. Its origins were thought to have caused the formation of the permanent ice in Antarctica about 34 million years ago. Now, a study has cast doubt on this theory, and has changed the understanding of how the ice sheet in Antarctic developed in the past, and what this could mean in the future as the planet's climate changes.
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