Researchers say “robust acceleration” in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current has been largely driven by ocean warming tied to human activity.ByBrooke Migdon | Dec. 6, 2021https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.490.0_en.html#goog_2991371260 seconds of 15 secondsVolume 20%

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• The world’s strongest ocean current, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, is speeding up, according to new research, mostly because of rising ocean temperatures.
• The ACC carries water around the globe, pushing more water than any other ocean current.
• It’s not entirely clear what accelerating currents mean for the ocean, but additional research has suggested it will likely alter waters’ heat distribution and impact the way in which nutrients are carried in oceans across the globe.

Earth’s strongest ocean current is getting faster, new research has found, and it’s largely because of humans.

The study, published late last month in the journalNature Climate Change, concluded that “robust acceleration” in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current was…