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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current changes its speed as the climate warms or cools; scientists have charted these changes in velocity for the past 5.3 million years


In recent decades the Antarctic Circumpolar Current has been speeding up, but scientists have been unsure whether this increase is connected to human-induced global warming.

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