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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Rod Minchin

Past climate change ‘shifts ocean currents and winds in Southern Ocean’

The JOIDES Resolution docking in Port Louis, Mauritius (Ian Hall/Cardiff University/PA) -

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world’s largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen during periods of ice age and warmer intervals in Earth’s history, researchers claim.

Their study highlighted the role of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in regulating dynamics in the Southern Ocean and global climate patterns over the past 1.5 million years.

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