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Antarctica may not be as isolated as we thought, and that's a worry

2016-05-27 15:07:53| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Conservation: For a long time, we have thought of Antarctica as isolated from the rest of the world. The continent is entirely surrounded by the Southern Ocean, which heaves with giant waves whipped up by intense winds, and is home to the worlds strongest ocean current, the eastward-flowing Antarctic circumpolar current (ACC). The Southern Ocean is associated with several circumpolar oceanic fronts (see image below), where sharp transitions in ocean temperature and salinity occur. One of the most significant...

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