A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences (IACT), the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Imperial College London, the University of Barcelona and the University of Bordeaux, has discovered that a Antarctic Circumpolar Current, with characteristics similar to those of today, was not formed until approximately 14 million years ago (Ma).
In Nature Geoscience (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01356-3
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Secrets of the South Pole: Scientists from the University of Granada lead the identification of the first Antarctic Circumpolar Current. https://acortar.link/oBbNYp
The first Antarctic Circumpolar Current found in research participated by USAL. https://acortar.link/1rK5lX
The UGR participates in the research that has discovered the first Antarctic Circumpolar Current. https://acortar.link/FL0N2A
Researchers from the UGR participate in the research that has discovered the first Antarctic Circumpolar Current. https://acortar.link/iBdd6e and https://acortar.link/8q8ks8
