Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...

Unlike better known ocean currents – such as the Gulf Stream along the United States East Coast, the Kuroshio Current near Japan, and the Agulhas Current off the coast of South Africa – the Antarctic ...

The Agulhas current transfers heat southwestwards along South Africa's coast, and is dragging this warmer water past KwaZulu-Natal. Johnson said this warm water feeds tropical cyclones ...

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The three most prominent are the Gulf Stream, Agulhas, and Kuroshio. Seafarers have known about the Gulf Stream—the Atlantic Ocean's western boundary current—for more than 500 years.

He said data collected onboard the ship showed increasingly hotter water at the equator. The Agulhas current transfers heat south-westwards along South Africa's coast, and is dragging this warmer ...