Atlantic Circumpolar Current (IMAGE)

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Atlantic Circumpolar Current

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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current blocks the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the Gulf Stream from delivering heat to Antarctica, Scher says.

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Image: adapted from <I>Nature</I>.

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