Some good news in the world of climate research: the Agulhas Current off the coast of South Africa is said to stimulate North-South ocean circulation in the Atlantic. This 'conveyor belt', which ...

South Africa has one of the fastest and strongest flowing currents in the world running along its east coast: the Agulhas Current. It influences local as well as global rainfall and climate. Katherine ...

The Agulhas Current flows along the eastern shores of South Africa. It is one of the most powerful currents in the world, with velocities in the current often reaching 4 knots. By comparison, maximum ...

This release is available in Spanish. Her PhD thesis "Surface and Deep Circulation off South Africa: Agulhas Leakage Influence on the Meridional Overturning Circulation During the Last 345 kyr" ...

Scripps paleoceanographer Richard Norris hosts this video postcard series from International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 361. Norris is one of several scientists from around the world coring ...

3 years of in situ measurements, combined with along-track satellite data to create long-term index of Agulhas Current transport VIRGINIA KEY, Fla. -- The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) ...

The Agulhas Current is the swift western boundary flow of the South Indian Ocean that retroflects south of Africa, shedding mesoscale eddies (Agulhas Rings) and leaking a portion of its waters into ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Agulhas Current which runs along the east coast of Africa may not be as well known as its counterpart in the Atlantic, the Gulf Stream. But now researchers are taking a closer ...

A new study by University of Miami researchers suggests that the Indian Ocean's Agulhas Current is growing wider but not more powerful. The results can be correlated with data on global climate change ...

Researchers studying the Agulhas Current and the ensuing warm water transports from the tropical Indian Ocean to the southern tip of Africa can show that evidence in support of the hypothesis that the ...