The surprising history of the Southern Ocean's super current

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Burls, Natalie J.
• 署名单位: George Mason University
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-4624
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00678-5
• 发表日期: 2024-03-28
• 页码: 740-741
• 关键词: drake passage; size

摘要

Reconstructions of the strength of a powerful current that circles the South Pole reveal that it has undergone no long-term change in the past five million years, even though Earth cooled substantially over that time.