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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current flows uninterrupted around Antarctica, connecting the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans while transporting heat, nutrients and carbon.

The current with no continent in its way

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Why it matters

The idea in context

At southern latitudes, no land bridge blocks an eastward path around the globe. Driven by powerful westerly winds and density differences, the current isolates Antarctica even as it links ocean basins. It is both boundary and exchange: a moving ring that helps set the climate of a continent and carries signals through the world ocean.

Türkçe

Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Antarktika Çevresel Akıntısı kıtanın çevresinde kesintisiz dolaşır; Atlas, Pasifik ve Hint okyanuslarını bağlarken ısı, besin ve karbon taşır.
Önünde kıta olmayan akıntı

Güney enlemlerinde doğuya doğru dünya çevresinde uzanan yolu hiçbir kara köprüsü kesmez. Güçlü batı rüzgârları ve yoğunluk farklarıyla yürüyen akıntı, okyanus havzalarını bağlarken Antarktika'yı yalıtır. Hem sınır hem alışveriştir: bir kıtanın iklimini kurmaya yardım eden ve dünya okyanusuna sinyal taşıyan hareketli halka.

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